Pub. L. 101-542, tit. I, sec. 104

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

EnactedYear: 1990Length: 662 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 104. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) Amendment.— Section 485 of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1092) (as amended by section 103) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(e) Disclosures Required With Respect to Athletically Related Student Aid.— (1) Each institution of higher education which participates in any program under this title and is attended by students receiving athletically related student aid shall annually submit a report to the Secretary which contains— “(A) the number of students at the institution of higher education who received athletically related student aid broken down by race and sex in the following sports: basketball, foot-ball, baseball, cross country/track, and all other sports combined; “(B) the number of students at the institution of higher education, broken down by race and sex; “(C) the completion or graduation rate for students at the institution of higher education who received athletically related student aid broken down by race and sex in the following sports: basketball, football, baseball, cross country/track and all other sports combined;. “(D) the completion or graduation rate for students at the institution of higher education, broken down by race and sex; “(E) the average completion or graduation rate for the 4 most recent completing or graduating classes of students at the institution of higher education who received athletically related student aid broken down by race and sex in the following categories: basketball, football, baseball, cross country/track, and all other sports combined; and “(F) the average completion or graduation rate for the 4 most recent completing or graduating classes of students at the institution of higher education broken down by race and sex. “(2) When an institution described in paragraph (1) of this subsection offers a potential student athlete athletically related student aid, such institution shall provide to the student and his parents, his guidance counselor, and coach the information contained in the report submitted by such institution pursuant to paragraph (1). “(3) For purposes of this subsection, institutions may exclude from the reporting requirements under paragraphs (1) and (2) the completion or graduation rates of students and student athletes who leave school to serve in the armed services, on official church missions, or with a recognized foreign aid service of the Federal Government. “(4) Each institution of higher education described in paragraph (1) may provide supplemental information to students and the Secretary showing the completion or graduation rate when such completion or graduation rate includes students transferring into and out of such institution. “(5) The Secretary, using the reports submitted under this subsection, shall compile and publish a report containing the information required under paragraph (1) broken down by— “(A) individual institutions of higher education; and “(B) athletic conferences recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the National Association of Inter-collegiate Athletics. 104 STAT. 2384 “(6) The Secretary shall waive the requirements of this subsection for any institution of higher education that is a member of an athletic association or athletic conference that has voluntarily published completion or graduation rate data or has agreed to publish data that, in the opinion of the Secretary, is substantially com-parable to the information required under this subsection. “(7) The Secretary, in conjunction with the National Junior College Athletic Association, shall develop and obtain data on completion or graduation rates from two-year colleges that award athletically related student aid. Such data shall, to the extent practicable, be consistent with the reporting requirements set forth in this section. “(8) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘athletically related student aid’ means any scholarship, grant, or other form of financial assistance the terms of which require the recipient to participate in a program of intercollegiate athletics at an institution of higher education in order to be eligible to receive such assistance.”. (b) Effective Date.— The amendments made by this section shall take effect July 1, 1992, except that the first report to the Secretary of Education shall be due on July 1, 1993.
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