To amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the Statistics Commissioner to collect information from coeducational secondary schools on such schools' athletic programs.

February 4, 2003

Ms. SNOWE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

To amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the Statistics Commissioner to collect information from coeducational secondary schools on such schools' athletic programs.

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 Sports Information Collection Act of 2003'.

SEC. 2. STATISTICS ON EQUALITY IN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.

Section 153 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9543) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(c) EQUALITY IN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS- The Statistics Commissioner shall collect, annually, for the immediately preceding academic year, from each coeducational secondary school (as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) that receives Federal financial assistance that has an athletic program, 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 following data:

`(A) The season in which the team competed.

`(B) 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--

`(i) gender;

`(ii) race; and

`(iii) ethnicity.

`(C) The total budget and expenditures for the team, including the following data:

`(i) The travel budget and expenditures.

`(ii) The equipment budget and expenditures (including any equipment replacement schedule).

`(iii) The uniform budget and expenditures (including any uniform replacement schedule).

`(iv) The budget and expenditures for facilities, including locker rooms, fields, and gymnasiums.

`(v) The total number of trainers (including full-time and part-time) and for each trainer an identification of such trainer's gender.

`(vi) The budget and expenditures for publicity for competitions.

`(D) The total number of coaches (including full-time, part-time, head, and assistant) and for each coach an identification of such coach's--

`(i) gender; and

`(ii) qualifications.

`(E) The total number of competitions scheduled, and for each scheduled competition an indication of what time the competition was scheduled.

`(F) Whether such team participated in postseason competition, and the success of such team in any postseason competition.'.

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