TITLE IX

What is Title IX?

• Title IX is a piece of legislation introduced in 1972 to protect against Gender discrimination.
• It states that any education program receiving federal funds must provide equal opportunities in Athletics and other programs to all students.

Additional Provisions

• Protections for sexual harassment
• Discrimination protection based on pregnancy.
• Scholarship Opportunities.

Why was it necessary?

• In 1972 only 30,000 Women were participating in sports as compared to 130,000 men.
• Women's athletics were also underfunded with sub-par facilities.

Myths Surrounding Title IX

• Title IX does not require equal funding to female athletics, just equal representation.
• Women's athletic programs don't lower the cost for non revenue men's athletics. Division I Football and Basketball is the main reason cuts are made to other sports.
• Women's athletic programs turn a profit.

Schools who do not comply with the law face sanctions and the loss of their federal funding. In a recent case a College was investigated after not properly reporting sexual harassment reports.

Sources

• http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/title-ix-enacted
• http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=93
• http://espn.go.com/espnw/title-ix/article/7729603/five-myths-title-ix
• http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-education-department-reaches-resol...