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Official title: To prohibit certain discrimination against athletes on the basis of sex by State athletic associations, intercollegiate athletic associations, and covered institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.
Introduced February 11, 2025 by Alma Adams · Last progress February 11, 2025
The bill strengthens and clarifies Title IX protections, transparency, training, and enforcement to expand athletic opportunities and remedies for female and underrepresented students, but it imposes substantial compliance, reporting, privacy, and litigation costs that will stress school budgets—especially at small and rural institutions—and may force program tradeoffs.
Female K–12 and college students (especially girls and underrepresented girls of color) will gain clearer, stronger Title IX protections and enforcement that increase access to teams, facilities, championships, and complaint remedies.
College women athletes are more likely to receive fairer scholarships, facilities, and program spending as institutions identify gaps and are required or encouraged to correct disparities.
Families, students, schools, and policymakers will get much more transparent, sport‑by‑sport data (participation, scholarships, revenues/expenses) and regular federal reporting, improving public accountability and enabling targeted policy responses.
Nearly all K–12 schools and colleges will face added administrative, reporting, and compliance costs (data collection, publishing, trainings, certified reports) that can strain budgets, especially for small or rural institutions.
Institutions and athletic associations face greater legal liability and a higher risk of litigation or disputes over team composition, resource allocations, and enforcement, which can divert funds to legal defense or settlements.
Mandated corrections and reallocation of resources to expand women's opportunities could lead some schools to cut or reduce men's teams or other campus programs and services.
Based on analysis of 9 sections of legislative text.
Strengthens Title IX athletics protections by banning sex discrimination, requiring sport-by-sport reporting, annual training, a public Title IX coordinator database, and expanded enforcement and private remedies.
Prohibits sex-based discrimination in K–12 and collegiate athletics and strengthens enforcement and transparency of Title IX in athletics. The bill requires schools, interscholastic and intercollegiate associations, and institutions to provide annual Title IX training; to disclose detailed, sport-by-sport participation, scholarship, revenue, and expense data; to publish Title IX coordinator contact information; and allows private lawsuits with broad remedies and authorizes civil penalties and compliance plans for repeat violators.