BREAKING: Amendment Adding the High School Data Transparency Act to ESEA Reauthorization Passed!

Yesterday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee debated Senator Harkins’ reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which included an amendment to add the High School Data Transparency Act to the ESEA. The amendment would require high schools to publicly report data on how many girls and boys are playing sports and how much money schools are spending on their teams.

The amendment passed by a vote of 13-9 this morning with bipartisan support – Senator Murkowski (R-AK) joined all of the HELP Committee Democrats in supporting this amendment that will help ensure that girls in high school get equal opportunities to play sports! Click here for more information on this issue.