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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 217 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 

the Secretary of Education to collect information from coeducational 

elementary schools and secondary schools on such schools’ athletic programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2013 

Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. BEGICH, and Mr. 

WYDEN) 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 elementary schools and 

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 2013’’. 


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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 annu9 ally, from each coeducational elementary school and sec10 ondary school that receives Federal financial assistance 

11 and has an interscholastic athletic program, the following 

12 information for the immediately preceding academic year: 

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 school’s teams that com17 peted in athletic competition and for each such team 

18 the following 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 from all sources, including school funds and 


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1 funds provided by any other entities, such as 

2 booster organizations, including the following 

3 data: 

4 ‘‘(i) The travel expenditures. 

5 ‘‘(ii) The equipment expenditures (in6 cluding any equipment replacement sched7 ule). 

8 ‘‘(iii) The uniform expenditures (in9 cluding any uniform replacement sched10 ule). 

11 ‘‘(iv) The expenditures for facilities, 

12 including medical facilities, locker rooms, 

13 fields, and gymnasiums. 

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

15 medical personnel, and for each trainer or 

16 medical personnel an identification of such 

17 person’s— 

18 ‘‘(I) gender; and 

19 ‘‘(II) employment status (includ20 ing whether such person is assigned to 

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

22 whether such person is a head or as23 sistant trainer or medical services pro24 vider) and duties other than providing 

25 training or medical services. 


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1 ‘‘(vi) The expenditures for publicity 

2 for competitions. 

3 ‘‘(vii) The total salary expenditures 

4 for coaches, the total number of coaches, 

5 and for each coach an identification of 

6 such coach’s— 

7 ‘‘(I) gender; and 

8 ‘‘(II) employment status (includ9 ing whether such coach is assigned to 

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

11 whether such coach is a head or as12 sistant coach) and duties other than 

13 coaching. 

14 ‘‘(D) The total number of competitive 

15 events (in regular and nontraditional seasons) 

16 scheduled, and for each an indication of what 

17 day of the week and time the competitive event 

18 was scheduled. 

19 ‘‘(E) Whether such team participated in 

20 postseason competition, and the success of such 

21 team in any postseason competition. 

22 ‘‘(b) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO STUDENTS

23 AND PUBLIC.—A school described in subsection (a) 

24 shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) make available to students, potential stu2 dents, and parents of students and potential stu3 dents, upon request, and to the public, the informa4 tion contained in reports by the school under this 

5 section by October 15 for the previous school year; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(2) ensure that all students and parents at the 

8 school are informed of their right to request such in9 formation. 

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

11 an annual basis, each school described in subsection (a) 

12 shall provide the information contained in each report by 

13 the school under this section to the Secretary not later 

14 than 15 days after the date that the school makes such 

15 information available under subsection (b). 

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

17 shall— 

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

19 posted on the Department of Education’s website 

20 within a reasonable period of time; and 

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

22 enactment of the High School Data Transparency 

23 Act of 2013— 


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1 ‘‘(A) notify all elementary schools and sec2 ondary schools in all States regarding the avail3 ability of information under subsection (b); and 

4 ‘‘(B) issue guidance to all such schools on 

5 how to collect and report the information re6 quired under this section.’’. 

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