HARRISBURG — State Sen. Mary Jo White's bill to require secondary schools to document their athletic programs for girls is stuck in the state House of Representatives.

The legislation, Senate Bill 890, was approved by the Senate Sept. 28, but isn't expected to make it out of the House education committee before the end of the legislative session.

"We just ran out of time," said Leigh Ramsey, chief of staff for White, a Republican who represents the 21st Senate district.

With only a few days left on the General Assembly's calendar, the committee will not be able to review all of the legislation before it, Ramsey said.

White's bill will probably not be voted on in committee nor make it to the House floor, she said.

The House is on break and reconvenes from Nov. 8 to 10 and on Nov. 15 and 16. The state Senate will reconvene for one day in November.

White is expected to resubmit the legislation to the Senate in January or February, near the start of the next session, Ramsey said.

"Sometimes it's easier to get something through the Senate if it's gone through before," Ramsey said.

White introduced Senate Bill 890 in May 2010. It is based on federal Title IX legislation, the 1972 federal statute mandating equal education opportunities for students.

White's bill would require public and private secondary schools to submit annual reports to the State Department of Education showing they'd made progress toward meeting Title IX's regulations as they apply to athletics opportunities.

Existing reporting requirements only apply to colleges and universities.