[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1269 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1269

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
 the Secretary of Education to collect information from coeducational 
  secondary schools on such schools' athletic programs, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 23, 2011

 Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Bingaman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
 the Secretary of Education to collect information from coeducational 
  secondary schools on such schools' athletic programs, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``High School Data Transparency Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF STATISTICS ON EQUALITY IN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.

    Subpart 2 of part E of title IX of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``SEC. 9537. DISCLOSURE OF STATISTICS ON EQUALITY IN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall collect, annually, for the 
immediately preceding academic year, from each coeducational secondary 
school that receives Federal financial assistance that has an 
interscholastic athletic program, the following information:
            ``(1) The total number of male and female students that 
        attended the school, fully disaggregated and cross-tabulated by 
        gender and race or ethnicity.
            ``(2) A listing of the teams that competed in athletic 
        competition and for each such team the following data:
                    ``(A) The season in which the team competed.
                    ``(B) The total number of male and female 
                participants as of the day of the first scheduled 
                contest for the team, fully disaggregated and cross-
                tabulated by gender and race or ethnicity.
                    ``(C) The total expenditures for the team, 
                including the following data:
                            ``(i) The travel expenditures.
                            ``(ii) The equipment expenditures 
                        (including any equipment replacement schedule).
                            ``(iii) The uniform expenditures (including 
                        any uniform replacement schedule).
                            ``(iv) The expenditures for facilities, 
                        including medical facilities, locker rooms, 
                        fields, and gymnasiums.
                            ``(v) The total number of trainers and 
                        medical personnel, and for each trainer or 
                        medical personnel an identification of such 
                        person's--
                                    ``(I) gender; and
                                    ``(II) employment status (including 
                                whether such person is assigned to the 
                                team full-time or part-time, and 
                                whether such person is a head or 
                                assistant trainer or medical services 
                                provider) and duties other than 
                                providing training or medical services.
                            ``(vi) The expenditures for publicity for 
                        competitions.
                    ``(D) The total number of coaches, and for each 
                coach an identification of such coach's--
                            ``(i) gender; and
                            ``(ii) employment status (including whether 
                        such coach is assigned to the team full-time or 
                        part-time, and whether such coach is a head or 
                        assistant coach) and duties other than 
                        coaching.
                    ``(E) The total number of competitive events (in 
                regular and nontraditional seasons) scheduled, and for 
                each an indication of what day of the week and time the 
                competitive event was scheduled.
                    ``(F) Whether such team participated in postseason 
                competition, and the success of such team in any 
                postseason competition.
    ``(b) Disclosure of Information to Students and Public.--A 
coeducational secondary school described in subsection (a) shall--
            ``(1) make available to students and potential students, 
        upon request, and to the public, the information contained in 
        reports by the school under this section by October 15 for the 
        previous school year; and
            ``(2) ensure that all students at the school are informed 
        of their right to request such information.
    ``(c) Submission; Information Availability.--On an annual basis, 
each coeducational secondary school described in subsection (a) shall 
provide the information contained in each report by the school under 
this section to the Secretary not later than 15 days after the date 
that the school makes such information available under subsection (b).
    ``(d) Duties of the Secretary.--The Secretary shall--
            ``(1) ensure that reports under this section are posted on 
        the Department of Education's Web site within a reasonable 
        period of time; and
            ``(2) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
        of the High School Data Transparency Act of 2011--
                    ``(A) notify all secondary schools in all States 
                regarding the availability of information under 
                subsection (b); and
                    ``(B) issue guidance to all schools on how to 
                collect and report the information required under this 
                section.''.
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