PRINTER'S NO. 1973
No. 177 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY MELLOW, JUBELIRER AND RHOADES, MAY 16, 2000
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 16, 2000
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging district committees of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic
2 Athletic Association to reject any proposal to reimburse the
3 PIAA for certain legal expenses, including a judgment.
4 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic
5 Association is a nonprofit organization charged with
6 administering high school athletics within this Commonwealth;
7 and
8 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic
9 Association is divided into 11 geographic districts for purposes
10 of administering interscholastic athletics at the local level;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, The 11 districts comprising the Pennsylvania
13 Interscholastic Athletic Association are governed by district
14 committees that are composed of school district officials from
15 that respective region; and
16 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic
17 Association district committee revenues and funds primarily are
18 accumulated through Pennsylvania taxpayers who support the
1 student-athletes and school districts of this Commonwealth; and
2 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic
3 Association recently has been found by a court of law to have
4 discriminated against a female official on the basis of her sex
5 and, as a result of this finding, the Pennsylvania
6 Interscholastic Athletic Association is required to pay the
7 female official monetary damages; and
8 WHEREAS, The total cost to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic
9 Athletic Association relating to this lawsuit is over $920,000;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic
12 Association intends to require each district committee to
13 proportionally reimburse the Pennsylvania Interscholastic
14 Athletic Association for the costs associated with the lawsuit
15 in the following amounts:
16 District 1 - $39,789
17 District 2 - $23,684
18 District 3 - $57,789
19 District 4 - $21,316
20 District 5 - $9,474
21 District 6 - $24,631
22 District 7 - $64,422
23 District 8 - $5,211
24 District 9 - $15,158
25 District 10 - $27,947
26 District 11 - $25,579;
27 and
28 WHEREAS, The district committees should not be financially
29 penalized for the irresponsible actions of the Pennsylvania
30 Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control in their
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1 decision to defend the lawsuit; therefore be it
2 RESOLVED, That the Senate strongly urge the various district
3 committees of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic
4 Association to vote against any proposal that would require the
5 district committees to proportionally reimburse the Pennsylvania
6 Interscholastic Athletic Association for the judgment levied
7 against, and the costs incurred by, the Pennsylvania
8 Interscholastic Athletic Association in defending this lawsuit;
9 and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That the Senate strongly urge the various district
11 committees of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic
12 Association to refuse to comply with any directive of the
13 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of
14 Control that requires the district committees to proportionally
15 reimburse the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
16 for the judgment levied against, and the costs incurred by, the
17 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association in defending
18 this lawsuit.
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