How IHSA compares on spending, transparency
From the Chicago Sun-Times
In Florida and Pennsylvania, the private, not-for-profit organizations that oversee high school sports operate like governments in terms of openness.
They let the public see sponsorship contracts, vendor payments and other records, just as a government agency would have to do under those states’ “sunshine” laws.
In Texas, the agency that oversees high school athletics operates is part of the University of Texas at Austin. So its records are open to the public, too.
Now, some Illinois lawmakers — as well as newspaper and broadcasting groups — say the private, not-for-profit Illinois High School Association, which oversees 35 high school sports and activities statewide, should be held to the same transparency standard.
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