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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘High School Data 

5 Transparency Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF STATISTICS ON EQUALITY IN ATH2 LETIC PROGRAMS. 

3 Subpart 2 of part E of title IX of the Elementary 

4 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 

5 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 9537. DISCLOSURE OF STATISTICS ON EQUALITY IN 

7 ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall collect, an9 nually, for the immediately preceding academic year, from 

10 each coeducational secondary school that receives Federal 

11 financial assistance that has an interscholastic athletic 

12 program, the following information: 

13 ‘‘(1) The total number of male and female stu14 dents that attended the school, fully disaggregated 

15 and cross-tabulated by gender and race or ethnicity. 

16 ‘‘(2) A listing of the teams that competed in 

17 athletic competition and for each such team the fol18 lowing data: 

19 ‘‘(A) The season in which the team com20 peted. 

21 ‘‘(B) The total number of male and female 

22 participants as of the day of the first scheduled 

23 contest for the team, fully disaggregated and 

24 cross-tabulated by gender and race or ethnicity. 

25 ‘‘(C) The total expenditures for the team, 

26 including the following data: 


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1 ‘‘(i) The travel expenditures. 

2 ‘‘(ii) The equipment expenditures (in3 cluding any equipment replacement sched4 ule). 

5 ‘‘(iii) The uniform expenditures (in6 cluding any uniform replacement sched7 ule). 

8 ‘‘(iv) The expenditures for facilities, 

9 including medical facilities, locker rooms, 

10 fields, and gymnasiums. 

11 ‘‘(v) The total number of trainers and 

12 medical personnel, and for each trainer or 

13 medical personnel an identification of such 

14 person’s— 

15 ‘‘(I) gender; and 

16 ‘‘(II) employment status (includ17 ing whether such person is assigned to 

18 the team full-time or part-time, and 

19 whether such person is a head or as20 sistant trainer or medical services pro21 vider) and duties other than providing 

22 training or medical services. 

23 ‘‘(vi) The expenditures for publicity 

24 for competitions. 


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1 ‘‘(D) The total number of coaches, and for 

2 each coach an identification of such coach’s— 

3 ‘‘(i) gender; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) employment status (including 

5 whether such coach is assigned to the team 

6 full-time or part-time, and whether such 

7 coach is a head or assistant coach) and du8 ties other than coaching. 

9 ‘‘(E) The total number of competitive 

10 events (in regular and nontraditional seasons) 

11 scheduled, and for each an indication of what 

12 day of the week and time the competitive event 

13 was scheduled. 

14 ‘‘(F) Whether such team participated in 

15 postseason competition, and the success of such 

16 team in any postseason competition. 

17 ‘‘(b) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO STUDENTS

18 AND PUBLIC.—A coeducational secondary school de19 scribed in subsection (a) shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) make available to students and potential 

21 students, upon request, and to the public, the infor22 mation contained in reports by the school under this 

23 section by October 15 for the previous school year; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(2) ensure that all students at the school are 

2 informed of their right to request such information. 

3 ‘‘(c) SUBMISSION; INFORMATION AVAILABILITY.—On 

4 an annual basis, each coeducational secondary school de5 scribed in subsection (a) shall provide the information con6 tained in each report by the school under this section to 

7 the Secretary not later than 15 days after the date that 

8 the school makes such information available under sub9 section (b). 

10 ‘‘(d) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary 

11 shall— 

12 ‘‘(1) ensure that reports under this section are 

13 posted on the Department of Education’s Web site 

14 within a reasonable period of time; and 

15 ‘‘(2) not later than 180 days after the date of 

16 enactment of the High School Data Transparency 

17 Act of 2011— 

18 ‘‘(A) notify all secondary schools in all 

19 States regarding the availability of information 

20 under subsection (b); and 

21 ‘‘(B) issue guidance to all schools on how 

22 to collect and report the information required 

23 under this section.’’. 

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