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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 921

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of

higher education to disclose participation rates, and program support

expenditures, in college athletic programs, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 17, 1993

Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to

the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require

institutions of higher education to disclose participation

rates, and program support expenditures, in college 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 ‘‘Equity in Athletics

5 Disclosure Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds that—
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1 (1) participation in athletic pursuits play an im2 portant role in teaching young Americans how to

3 work on teams, handle challenges and overcome

4 obstacles;

5 (2) participation in athletic pursuits play an im6 portant role in keeping the minds and bodies of

7 young Americans healthy and physically fit;

8 (3) there is increasing concern among citizens,

9 educators, and public officials regarding the athletic

10 opportunities for young men and women at institu11 tions of higher education;

12 (4) a recent study by the National Collegiate

13 Athletic Association found that in Division I–A insti14 tutions, only 20 percent of the average athletic de15 partment operations budget of $1,310,000 is spent

16 on women’s athletics; 15 percent of the average re17 cruiting budget of $318,402 is spent on recruiting

18 female athletes; the average scholarship expenses for

19 men is $1,300,000 and $505.246 for women; and an

20 average of 143 grants are awarded to male athletes

21 and 59 to women athletes;

22 (5) female college athletes receive less than 18

23 percent of the athletics recruiting dollar and less

24 than 24 percent of the athletics operating dollar;
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1 (6) male college athletes receive approximately

2 $179,000,000 more per year in athletic scholarship

3 grants than female college athletes;

4 (7) prospective students and prospective stu5 dent athletes should be aware of the commitments of

6 an institution to providing equitable athletic oppor7 tunities for its men and women students; and

8 (8) knowledge of an institution’s expenditures

9 for women’s and men’s athletic programs would help

10 prospective students and prospective student athletes

11 make informed judgments about the commitments of

12 a given institution of higher education to providing

13 equitable athletic benefits to its men and women

14 students.

15 SEC. 3. AMENDMENT.

16 Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is

17 amended by adding at the end the following new sub18 section:

19 ‘‘(g) DISCLOSURE OF ATHLETIC PROGRAM PARTICI20 PATION RATES AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT DATA.—

21 ‘‘(1) DATA REQUIRED.—Each institution of

22 higher education which participates in any program

23 under this title, and has an intercollegiate athletic

24 program, shall annually submit a report to the Sec25 retary that contains the following:
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1 ‘‘(A) For each men’s team, women’s team,

2 and any team that includes both male and fe3 male athletes, the following data:

4 ‘‘(i) the total number of participants

5 and their gender;

6 ‘‘(ii) the total scholarship expendi7 tures;

8 ‘‘(iii) a figure that represents the total

9 scholarship expenditures divided by the

10 total number of participants;

11 ‘‘(iv) the total number of contests for

12 the team;

13 ‘‘(v) the total operating expenses for

14 the team;

15 ‘‘(vi) the total recruiting expenses for

16 the team;

17 ‘‘(vii) the total personnel expenses for

18 the team;

19 ‘‘(viii) whether the head coach is male

20 or female and whether the head coach is

21 full time or part time;

22 ‘‘(ix) the number of assistant coaches

23 that are male and the number of assistant

24 coaches that are female and whether each

25 particular coach is full time or part time;
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1 ‘‘(x) the number of graduate assistant

2 coaches that are male and the number of

3 graduate assistant coaches that are female;

4 ‘‘(xi) the number of volunteer assist5 ant coaches that are male and the number

6 of volunteer assistant coaches that are fe7 male;

8 ‘‘(xii) the ratio of participants to

9 coaches;

10 ‘‘(xiii) the full compensation of the

11 head coach; and

12 ‘‘(xiv) the full compensation of the as13 sistant coaches; and

14 ‘‘(B) A statement of the following:

15 ‘‘(i) the ratio of male participants to

16 female participants in the entire athletic

17 program; and

18 ‘‘(ii) the ratio of male scholarship ex19 penses to female scholarship expenses in

20 the entire athletic program.

21 ‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE TO PROSPECTIVE STU22 DENTS.—When an institution of higher education of23 fers admission to a potential student, such institu24 tion shall provide to the student the information
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1 contained in the report submitted by such institution

2 to the Secretary under paragraph (1).

3 ‘‘(3) DISCLOSURE TO THE PUBLIC.—An institu4 tion of higher education must make available to the

5 public, upon request, the information contained in

6 the report submitted by such institution to the Sec7 retary under paragraph (1).

8 ‘‘(4) SECRETARY OF EDUCATION’S DUTY TO

9 PUBLISH A REPORT OF THE DATA.—On an annual

10 basis, the Secretary, using the reports submitted

11 under this subsection, shall compile and publish a

12 report containing the information collected broken

13 down by (A) the individual institutions, and (B) by

14 the athletic conferences recognized by the National

15 Collegiate Athletic Association and the National As16 sociation of Intercollegiate Athletics.

17 ‘‘(5) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this

18 subsection, the term ‘operating expenses’ means all

19 nonscholarship expenditures.

20 ‘‘(6) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary

21 shall submit the reports compiled pursuant to this

22 subsection to the appropriate committees of Con23 gress on an annual basis.
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1 ‘‘(7) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection takes

2 effect July 1, 1993, except that the first report to

3 the Secretary shall be due on July 1, 1994.’’.

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