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Introduced February 11, 2025 by Alma Adams · Last progress February 11, 2025
The bill strengthens Title IX protections, transparency, training, and enforcement for student-athletes—especially girls and underrepresented students—while imposing significant administrative, financial, and legal burdens on schools (with disproportionate strain on smaller institutions).
K–12 and college students — especially girls and underrepresented students — gain clearer, stronger protections and enforcement against sex-based discrimination in athletics, improving access to teams, scholarships, facilities, and championships.
Parents, students, regulators, and the public get much more transparent, sport-by-sport data and certified reports on participation, scholarships, revenues, and expenses, enabling public accountability and better policymaking on gender equity in athletics.
Student-athletes gain stronger legal remedies and deterrents — including continued Title IX enforcement access and the ability to recover damages/fees and the availability of civil penalties for noncompliance — improving enforcement and potential remedies for harms.
Public K–12 schools and colleges face substantial new administrative and compliance costs (data collection, certification, reporting, trainings, and plan development) that will likely divert staff time and budget from other programs and may increase costs for taxpayers.
Institutions and some athletic associations face increased legal exposure and a higher risk of disputes and litigation (expanded enforcement, damages, shifted liability rules, and challenging definitional boundaries), raising potential defense and settlement costs.
Mandates, penalties, and publicity for noncompliance could force budget reallocations or cuts (including to men’s teams or other campus services), and public naming/penalties could damage institutional reputations, affecting enrollment and funding.
Based on analysis of 9 sections of legislative text.
Strengthens Title IX protections in school and college athletics by banning sex discrimination, expanding sport-by-sport reporting, requiring training, and enabling damages and civil penalties for violations.
Prohibits sex discrimination in K–12 and collegiate athletics by State and intercollegiate athletic associations, local educational agencies, and institutions of higher education; creates stronger enforcement tools including private lawsuits with full damages, civil penalties, and public naming of repeat violators. Requires expanded, sport-by-sport public reporting of athletic participation, scholarships, revenues, and expenses; mandates annual Title IX training for staff and student‑athletes; and directs the Education Department to publish a public database of Title IX coordinators and to enforce compliance with penalties and required corrective plans.