\nWASHINGTON, D.C. – Colleges and universities would have\nto disclose more information about money spent on men’s and women’s\nteams as a result of new regulations being discussed by the Department\nof Education. The regulations would be an addition to the Equity\nin Athletics Disclosure Act adopted by Congress last fall.
According to an article in the May 21 Chronicle of Higher\nEducation, operating expenses, coaching salaries and budgets\nwould have to be broken down into numbers for both men’s and women’s\nteams.
To discuss the issue, the DOE held public meetings, the last\nof which took place in May.
In addition to new regulations, the DOE also is interested\nin making athletic statistics more accessible to the public, the\nChronicle said.
Under the law, the DOE is to begin to collect reports from\nuniversities this year. It will “analyze the reports and\nsend its findings to Congress in April 2000,” the Chronicle\nsaid.