PRINTER'S NO. 2593
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
318
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, MADSEN, BERNSTINE, CONKLIN, HARKINS,
PISCIOTTANO, GALLAGHER, SANCHEZ, KINSEY, HILL-EVANS,
SCHLOSSBERG, DONAHUE, STRUZZI, JAMES, DELLOSO AND NEILSON,
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 9, 2024
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
conduct a study, issue a report and make recommendations on
the current status, management, structure, policies and
finances of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic
Association.
WHEREAS, The stated function of the Pennsylvania
Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) is to develop and
enforce rules regulating interscholastic athletic competition
across this Commonwealth, which are authorized or adopted by
member schools; and
WHEREAS, PIAA membership consists of more than 1,400 member
schools, which include high schools and middle schools; and
WHEREAS, Membership is comprised of public, charter and
private schools; and
WHEREAS, The vast majority of member schools are publicly
funded; and
WHEREAS, More than 350,000 students participate in
interscholastic athletics at all levels of competition under
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PIAA jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, There have been consistent concerns voiced by
numerous individuals throughout this Commonwealth, most
importantly by parents and students, about the conduct,
procedures and policies of PIAA; and
WHEREAS, There have been serious questions raised about
PIAA's use of the competition classification formula and its
impact on the safety of student-athletes in this Commonwealth;
and
WHEREAS, A thorough study of PIAA has not been conducted in
over two decades; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the
Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study,
issue a report and make recommendations on the current status,
management, structure, policies and finances of the Pennsylvania
Interscholastic Athletic Association; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the study include an examination and review of
all of the following:
(1) The financial transactions of PIAA during the
previous five years.
(2) Broadcast agreements entered into by PIAA during the
previous five years.
(3) The name, image and likeness policy of PIAA.
(4) The competition classification formula used by PIAA.
(5) The transfer policy of PIAA.
(6) The process used to determine the location of State
championship games.
(7) The composition of the board of directors of PIAA
and the feasibility of the addition of State departmental and
legislative appointees to the board of directors.
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(8) The expansion and enhancement of the oversight
authority of the Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight Committee;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
prepare a report of its findings and recommendations in the
study and submit the report to the General Assembly no later
than 180 days after the adoption of this resolution.
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