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119-hr-5812119th CongressWALLET

Correcting Opportunity and Accountability in Collegiate Hiring Act (COACH Act)

Sponsored By: Representative Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5]

Introduced

Summary

Caps athletic pay at a multiple of undergraduate tuition. This bill would condition Title IV student-aid eligibility on those limits, require public disclosure, and count buyouts as compensation.

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  • Coaches and athletics staff would be limited so total annual compensation cannot exceed 10 times the institution's published undergraduate tuition and required fees. Buyouts and other termination payments would count toward that cap, and written contracts signed before the bill's date could run their original term but could not be amended to raise pay.
  • Colleges, related foundations, conferences, and media-rights groups would have to ensure compliance for any agreements that allocate pay. Institutions would annually certify compliance and publicly disclose the cap amount, the tuition figure used to calculate it, and how many covered employees are within 10 percent of the cap.
  • The bill would make Title IV eligibility contingent on meeting these pay limits and it provides an antitrust safe harbor to protect institutions and affiliates that adopt or enforce the rules.

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Pay cap for college athletics staff

If enacted, colleges that want federal student aid would have to cap each athletics employee’s yearly pay at 10 times the school’s published tuition and required fees. The cap would use the IPEDS tuition figure (public schools use in-state rates) and would count bonuses, buyouts paid that year, deferred pay, and pay from affiliates like foundations or booster groups. Conferences, media groups, and collectives that pay the school’s athletics staff would also have to follow the cap. Schools would have to certify compliance each year and publicly report the cap amount, the tuition figure used, and how many covered staff are within 10% of the cap. Existing written contracts signed before enactment could run only for their original term without raises, and the bill would give an antitrust safe harbor for adopting and enforcing these rules.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5]

WA • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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