Pennsylvania 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.

Bill Text

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