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HR 5464 101th Congress House Education Athletes College sports Due process of law

Coach and Athlete's Bill of Rights

Introduced: August 3, 1990 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 4, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
Aug 3, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Aug 3, 1990
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coach and Athlete's Bill of Rights - Declares that no coach or player for a team associated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) shall be suspended from the team or reprimanded for actions with respect to the team without access to procedural and substantive due process rules. States that no institution of higher education shall be suspended or prohibited from participating in intercollegiate athletics by the NCAA without access to due process rules.

Directs the NCAA to adopt rules for procedural and substantive due process of law for individuals and institutions suspended or prohibited from intercollegiate athletics by such Association.

What's happening now September 4, 1990

Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.

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