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; 23 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Feb 7, 2007 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Mar 6, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Mar 6, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Mar 6, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Mar 8, 2007 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Mar 8, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Mar 8, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Mar 13, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Mar 13, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Mar 26, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Apr 19, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jun 25, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Jun 25, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Jul 18, 2007 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Sep 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Nov 13, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Nov 13, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Apr 1, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Apr 1, 2008 | |
| D-KS | Nancy E. Boyda | Apr 1, 2008 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Apr 1, 2008 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | May 22, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jun 25, 2008 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Jul 10, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 7, 2007 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Jun 5, 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, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E286-287)
- Feb 7, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E286 | Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY | Feb 7, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-8 | H.R. 900, PUERTO RICO DEMOCRACY ACT OF 2007; AND H.R. 1230, PUERTO RICO SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2007242 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Mar 22, 2007–Apr 25, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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 purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- High School Athletics Accountability Act of 2007
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
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
