(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, with the assistance of the Division of Legislative Audit, is authorized and directed to establish uniform reporting and auditing to report athletic costs and revenues of each state-supported institution of higher education.
(b) Such reports shall be subject to annual review by the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee and shall be made public by the board.
(c) The uniform report shall include the following definitions:
(1) "Athletic expenditures" means all direct and indirect expenses, prorated if necessary, including salaries, all fringe benefits such as medical and dental insurance, workers' compensation, pension plans, tuition waivers, and any other costs associated with recruitment and retention of staff, travel, equipment, scholarships, meals, housing or dormitory, supplies, property and medical insurance, medical expenses, utilities, and maintenance of facilities related to all intercollegiate teams and spirit groups excluding bands; and
(2) "Income" means all direct income from gate receipts, revenues from related concession sales, advertising and media revenue, gifts from private donors, deposited and expensed by the athletic account, and any fees in addition to regular tuition and fees paid by students as approved for support of the intercollegiate athletic program pursuant to procedures prescribed by the board, and all transfers from other funds or accounts.
(d) The board shall report to the Legislative Council or the Joint Budget Committee the failure of an institution to report athletic costs and revenue utilizing the uniform report required by this section.
(e) All state-supported institutions of higher education shall report athletic costs and revenues utilizing the uniform report developed by the board by October 1 of each year.
(f) The board shall compile the reports and make them available to the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee and the public by November 1 of each year.
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