High School Athletics Accountability Act of 2007
Latest action · Jun 5, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
High School Athletics Accountability Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct coeducational elementary and secondary schools, if they participate in any ESEA program, to: (1) report certain information on equality in their school athletic programs to the Commissioner for Educational Statistics; and (2) make such information available to their students and potential students, upon request, and to the public.
Cosponsors 73
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2007 to Jul 10, 2008, with 23 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Feb 7, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 7, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Feb 7, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E286-287)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Athletes
- Athletics
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Clothing
- Discrimination in education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational statistics
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Equipment and supplies
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Labor and Employment
- Maintenance and repair
- Salaries
- Secondary education
- Sex discrimination
- Sports and Recreation
- Sports facilities
- Sports medicine
- Sports personnel
- Transportation and Public Works
- Travel costs
- Women
- Women athletes
- Women's education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2007Introduced in House
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