Bill Text: IL HB5799 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires a statewide athletic association governing interscholastic competition for public schools to conduct an equity impact review if the statewide athletic association has established or changed within one year before the effective date of the amendatory Act or on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act a policy that: (1) reduces the opportunities in a girls' sport without making an equivalent reduction in a comparable boys' sport; (2) causes the length of the regular sports season or the length of the full sports season to differ by more than one week for comparable sports offered to both sexes; or (3) causes the nature and extent of interscholastic sports offered by the statewide athletic association to not accommodate the interests and abilities of both sexes to a comparable degree. Sets forth the timeline for which an equity impact review must be conducted. Establishes the requirements for the equity impact review. Requires the statewide athletic association to make the equity impact review available to the public and allow for a public comment period of not less than 30 days before any changes are finalized. Requires the statewide athletic association to submit each equity impact review to the State Board of Education. Allows the State Board to issue nonbinding findings regarding whether the reduction or discrepancy in program comparability complies with gender equity and student opportunity principles. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-07-06 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly [HB5799 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB5799-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB5799 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/22-120 new
Amends the School Code. Requires a statewide athletic association governing interscholastic competition for public schools to conduct an equity impact review if the statewide athletic association has established or changed within one year before the effective date of the amendatory Act or on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act a policy that: (1) reduces the opportunities in a girls' sport without making an equivalent reduction in a comparable boys' sport; (2) causes the length of the regular sports season or the length of the full sports season to differ by more than one week for comparable sports offered to both sexes; or (3) causes the nature and extent of interscholastic sports offered by the statewide athletic association to not accommodate the interests and abilities of both sexes to a comparable degree. Sets forth the timeline for which an equity impact review must be conducted. Establishes the requirements for the equity impact review. Requires the statewide athletic association to make the equity impact review available to the public and allow for a public comment period of not less than 30 days before any changes are finalized. Requires the statewide athletic association to submit each equity impact review to the State Board of Education. Allows the State Board to issue nonbinding findings regarding whether the reduction or discrepancy in program comparability complies with gender equity and student opportunity principles. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
22-120 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/22-120 new)
Sec. 22-120. Interscholastic competition equity impact
review.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Length of the full sports season" means the period
between the first day of practice and the last day of the State
championship.
"Length of the regular sports season" means the period
between the first day that an interscholastic competition may
be held and the last day before the State series competition
begins.
(b) A statewide athletic association governing
interscholastic competition for public schools must conduct an
equity impact review if the statewide athletic association has
established or changed within one year before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly or on
or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
General Assembly a policy that:

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(1) reduces the opportunities in a girls' sport
without making an equivalent reduction in a comparable
boys' sport;
(2) causes the length of the regular sports season or
the length of the full sports season to differ by more than
one week for comparable sports offered to both sexes; or
(3) causes the nature and extent of interscholastic
sports offered by the statewide athletic association to
not accommodate the interests and abilities of both sexes
to a comparable degree.
(c) Factors to be considered in assessing program
comparability shall include, but are not limited to:
(1) the selection of sports offered;
(2) the levels of competition within sports;
(3) the length of the regular sports season;
(4) the length of the full sports season;
(5) the scheduling of athletic opportunities
throughout the calendar year;
(6) the scheduling of practices and games during prime
time;
(7) the use of facilities for practice and
competition;
(8) the ratio of coaches to athletes;
(9) the quality of coaching and officiating, including
credentials, experience, and compensation;
(10) the assignment and compensation of coaches and

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officials;
(11) the supplies and equipment;
(12) the allowances for travel and per diem;
(13) the medical and training services;
(14) the publicity for teams and individual
participants; and
(15) the overall distribution of athletic budget
funds.
(d) A statewide athletic association governing
interscholastic competition for public schools must conduct
the equity impact review described in subsection (b):
(1) by July 1, 2027, if the policy was established or
changed during the year immediately preceding the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
Assembly; or
(2) within 90 days of the policy being established or
changed, if the policy is established or changed on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly.
(e) The equity impact review shall include, but shall not
be limited to:
(1) a comparison with the comparable boys sport;
(2) a justification for the proposed reduction or
discrepancy in program comparability;
(3) any health, safety, scheduling, facility,
officiating, or administrative data supporting the

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reduction or discrepancy in program comparability;
(4) the expected impact of the reduction or
discrepancy in program comparability on student
participation, lower-level teams, schools, coaches, and
families; and
(5) a review of whether the change disproportionately
reduces or limits opportunities for female
student-athletes, particularly in terms of competition and
recruitment.
(f) The statewide athletic association shall make the
equity impact review available to the public and allow for a
public comment period of not less than 30 days before any
changes are finalized.
(g) The statewide athletic association shall submit each
equity impact review to the State Board. The State Board may
issue nonbinding findings regarding whether the reduction or
discrepancy in program comparability complies with gender
equity and student opportunity principles based on 23 Ill.
Adm. Code 200.80 and 34 CFR 106.41.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.