HB 1829 — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in disclosure of interscholastic athletic opportunities, providing for annual evaluation.

PRINTER'S NO.   2254

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1829
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, BENHAM, BRIGGS, RIVERA, HOHENSTEIN,
        HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ AND MAYES,
        AUGUST 29, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, SEPTEMBER 4, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
 2      act relating to the public school system, including certain
 3      provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
 4      schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
 5      laws relating thereto," in disclosure of interscholastic
 6      athletic opportunities, providing for annual evaluation.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.     The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
10   as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
11   section to read:
12   Section 1606-C.    Annual evaluation.
13      (a)   Compliance evaluation.--Not later than November 1 of
14   each year, a school entity shall perform an annual evaluation of
15   compliance with the regulations under 34 CFR 106.41 (relating to
16   athletics) and report to the department the findings of the
17   evaluation regarding the preceding school year or academic year.
18   A school entity shall publish a comprehensive report of the
19   evaluation on an annual basis and post the report on the
 1   publicly accessible Internet website of the school entity.
 2      (b)   Duty of department.--The department shall:
 3            (1)   Develop a report card system, on an A-F letter
 4      scale, to assess each school entity's performance under
 5      subsection (a) and the provision of equal opportunities to
 6      students of each race and gender based on the information
 7      disclosed to the department under section 1604-C.
 8            (2)   Annually update a report card assessing the
 9      performance of each school entity based on the system
10      developed under paragraph (1) and publish the report card on
11      the publicly accessible Internet website of the department.
12      (c)   Requirements.--The report card developed under
13   subsection (b) shall:
14            (1)   Be concise.
15            (2)   Provide a letter grade based on equitable
16      participation and spending for each secondary sport offered
17      by a school entity.
18            (3)   Be presented in an understandable and uniform format
19      and, to the extent practicable, in a language that a parent
20      or legal guardian can understand.
21      (d)   Publication.--A school entity shall publish the report
22   card developed by the department under subsection (b) on the
23   publicly accessible Internet website of the department and
24   notify each parent or legal guardian of the report card's
25   assessment of the school entity's performance on an annual
26   basis.
27      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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