I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 595
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct 
certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make available 
information on equality in school athletic programs, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2005
Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mrs. CAPITO, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of 
Florida, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mrs. CAPPS, Mrs. BIGGERT, 
Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SIMMONS, Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 
ENGEL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. 
JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode 
Island, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. GEORGE 
MILLER of California, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, 
Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of 
California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WEXLER, and Ms. WOOLSEY) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to direct certain coeducational elementary and 
secondary schools to make available information on 
equality in school athletic programs, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘High School Athletics 
Accountability Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Participation in sports teaches youth critical 
life skills and has a significant positive impact on all 
areas of their lives, especially for girls. 
(2) Participation in sports results in many long-
term physical and psychological health benefits for 
girls. For instance—
(A) providing opportunities to play sports 
in school is one key way to combat the rising 
rates of childhood obesity, which is caused in 
large part by physical inactivity; 
(B) girls who participate in sports have 
lower rates of heart disease, breast cancer, and 
osteoporosis; and 
(C) girls who participate in sports have 
higher levels of confidence and self-esteem, 
lower levels of depression, are less likely to be 
suicidal, and are more likely to have a positive 
body image than female non-athletes.
(3) Participation in sports promotes responsible 
social behaviors and greater academic success among 
girls. For instance—
(A) girls who participate in sports are 
more likely to refrain from sexual activity, are 
more likely to defer having sex until a later age 
and to have fewer sex partners, and are half as 
likely to experience an unintended pregnancy as 
compared to female non-athletes; 
(B) girls who participate in sports have 
higher graduation rates, receive better grades, 
and score higher on standardized tests than fe-
male students in general; 
(C) girls who participate in sports have 
more positive attitudes towards science, a field 
traditionally predominated by males; 
(D) girls who participate in sports are less 
likely to smoke or use illegal drugs; 
(E) girls who participate in sports often 
have strengthened family relationships, includ-
ing with their fathers and other male family 
members; and 
(F) girls who participate in sports learn 
important professional lessons that have a life-
long influence (Eighty percent of women identi-
fied as key leaders in Fortune 500 companies 
participated in sports while growing up, and 82 
percent of executive businesswomen played 
sports, with the majority saying lessons learned 
on the playing field contributed to their success 
in business.). 
(4) The opportunity to play sports in secondary 
school helps many middle- and low-income stu-
dents—who might otherwise be unable to attend col-
lege—to gain access to higher education. 
(5) Physical inactivity is much more common 
among females than males. 
(6) Girls who are not involved in physical activ-
ity by age 10 have only a 10 percent chance of being 
athletic when they are 25. 
(7) Girls receive 1,100,000 fewer opportunities 
to play high school sports than do boys, which trans-
late into many lost opportunities for athletic partici-
pation and scholarships. 
(8) Several reports indicate that girls’ teams 
often receive inferior opportunities and benefits in 
other aspects of athletics programs, including overall 
budgets; equipment; uniforms; locker rooms and 
practice and competitive facilities; scheduling of
practices, games, and sports seasons; training and 
medical services; coaches; and publicity. 
(9) Students and parents should be aware of 
the athletic opportunities and benefits that their 
schools provide to male and female students. 
(10) Without information about how athletic 
opportunities and benefits are being allocated at the 
elementary and secondary school level, students may 
be deprived of opportunities to play sports and to at-
tend college on an athletic scholarship. 
SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE OF STATISTICS ON EQUALITY IN ATH-
LETIC 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. EQUALITY IN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) REPORT.—Each coeducational elementary or 
secondary school that participates in any program under 
this Act and has an athletic program, shall annually, for 
the immediately preceding academic year, prepare a report 
that contains the following information: 
‘‘(1) The number of male and female students 
that attended the school.
‘‘(2) A listing of the teams that competed in 
athletic competition and for each such team the fol-
lowing data: 
‘‘(A) The total number of participants as 
of the day of the first scheduled contest for the 
team, and for each participant an identification 
of such participant’s gender. 
‘‘(B) The year the team began. 
‘‘(C) The total budget and expenditures for 
the team, including a listing of the following 
data: 
‘‘(i) The travel budget and expendi-
tures. 
‘‘(ii) The equipment budget and ex-
penditures (including any equipment re-
placement schedule). 
‘‘(iii) The uniform budget and expend-
itures (including any uniform replacement 
schedule). 
‘‘(iv) The budget and expenditures for 
facilities (including locker rooms, fields, 
and gymnasiums) and their maintenance 
and repair. 
‘‘(v) The budget and expenditures for 
training and medical facilities and services.
‘‘(vi) The budget and expenditures for 
publicity (including press guides, press re-
leases, game programs, and publicity per-
sonnel) for competitions. 
‘‘(D) The total number of trainers and 
medical personnel, and for each trainer or med-
ical personnel an identification of such per-
son’s—
‘‘(i) gender; 
‘‘(ii) employment status (including 
whether such person is employed full-time 
or part-time, and whether such person is a 
head or assistant trainer or medical serv-
ices provider) and duties other than pro-
viding training or medical services; and 
‘‘(iii) qualifications, including whether 
the person is a professional or student. 
‘‘(E) The total number of coaches, and for 
each coach an identification of such coach’s—
‘‘(i) gender; 
‘‘(ii) employment status (including 
whether such coach is employed full-time 
or part-time, and whether such coach is a 
head or assistant coach) and duties other 
than coaching; and
‘‘(iii) qualifications, including whether 
the person is a professional or student. 
‘‘(F) The total annual revenues generated 
by the team (including contributions from out-
side 
sources 
such 
as 
booster 
clubs), 
disaggregated by source. 
‘‘(G) The total number of competitions 
scheduled, and for each scheduled competition 
an indication of what day of the week and time 
the competition was scheduled. 
‘‘(H) The total number of practices sched-
uled, and for each scheduled practice an indica-
tion of what day of the week and time the prac-
tice was scheduled. 
‘‘(I) The season in which the team com-
peted. 
‘‘(J) Whether such team participated in 
postseason competition, and the success of such 
team in any postseason competition. 
‘‘(3) The average annual institutional salary at-
tributable to coaching of the head coaches of men’s 
teams, across all offered sports, and the average an-
nual institutional salary attributable to coaching of 
the head coaches of women’s teams, across all of-
fered sports.
‘‘(4) The average annual institutional salary at-
tributable to coaching of the assistant coaches of 
men’s teams, across all offered sports, and the aver-
age annual institutional salary attributable to coach-
ing of the assistant coaches of women’s teams, 
across all offered sports. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—For the purpose of reporting 
the information described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of 
subsection (a), if a coach has responsibilities for more 
than 1 team and the school does not allocate such coach’s 
salary by team, the school should divide the salary by the 
number of teams for which the coach has responsibility 
and allocate the salary among the teams on a basis con-
sistent with the coach’s responsibilities for the different 
teams. 
‘‘(c) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO STUDENTS 
AND PUBLIC.—A coeducational elementary or secondary 
school described in subsection (a) shall—
‘‘(1) make available to students and potential 
students, upon request, and to the public, the infor-
mation contained in reports by the school under this 
section; and 
‘‘(2) ensure that all students at the school are 
informed of their right to request such information.
‘‘(d) SUBMISSION; INFORMATION AVAILABILITY.—
On an annual basis, each coeducational elementary or sec-
ondary school described in subsection (a) shall provide the 
information contained in each report by the school under 
this section to the Commissioner for Education Statistics 
not later than 15 days after the date that the school makes 
such information available under subsection (c). 
‘‘(e) DUTIES
OF COMMISSIONER
FOR EDUCATION 
STATISTICS.—The Commissioner for Education Statistics 
shall—
‘‘(1) ensure that reports under this section are 
made available to the public within a reasonable pe-
riod of time; and 
‘‘(2) not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of the High School Athletics Account-
ability Act of 2005, notify all elementary and sec-
ondary schools in all States regarding the avail-
ability of information under subsection (c) and how 
such information may be accessed.’’.
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