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Title IX Blog

News, legal developments, commentary, and scholarship about Title IX, the federal statute prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded schools.
By Erin Buzuvis, Sudha Setty, and Kristine Newhall

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Last Entry: July 16, 2010 at 08:42:00

More Litigation in Sight For FGCU

Posted on May 15, 2009
Former Florida Gulf Coast University provost Bonnie Yegidis plans to file a lawsuit against the University, which would put FGCU back in the role of Title IX defendant with which it has become quite familiar.In her complaint, Yegidis maintains that she too experienced retaliation for challenging sex discrimination in the University and for advocating both to the interim President and to the chancellor that FGCU take seriously the complaint of female coaches about the gender inequities in athletics...

Roster doctoring confirmed at QU

Posted on May 14, 2009
Yesterday in a court in Connecticut where the coach and members of the Quinnipiac women's volleyball team are trying to get an injunction against the school that would prevent administration from cutting the team until all legal issues are resolved, the QU athletic director took the stand...

No irony at Fresno State

Posted on May 13, 2009
This editorial out of Fresno State wraps up the university's year in athletics noting the good, the bad, and the ugly.After mentioning that he heard the word Title IX more times this year than ever in his life, and how it was blamed for the loss of sports and all the lawsuits, he writes that:"ironically, the women?s sports brought most of the glory the school saw this year...

Evidence in Quinnipiac case

Posted on May 12, 2009
A sort of PS to yesterday's post about the beginning of the women's volleyball team's attempt to get their sport reinstated at Quinnipiac University.Coach Robin Sparks testified yesterday that the athletic department had engaged in some doctoring of team rosters in an attempt to make their participation numbers seem more equitable...

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Quest for injunction began today

Posted on May 11, 2009
The ACLU began presenting its case for an injunction that would prevent Quinnipiac University from eliminating the women's volleyball team until the real issue, over Title IX compliance, is resolved. Testimony began today with at least one member of the volleyball team taking the stand...

Three years, three complaints

Posted on May 07, 2009
I think repeat offender status can officially be placed on Darien High School in Connecticut which, this past week, was the subject of a third complaint (in as many years) to OCR regarding Title IX compliance. This complaint is being filed on behalf of all girls' varsity athletes at the high school...

Breaking news: Judge dismisses coach's civil suit

Posted on May 06, 2009
After hearing oral arguments, a district judge in Nevada has thrown out the civil suit brought by former soccer coach Terri Patraw against the University of Nevada-Reno. Patraw's lawsuit claimed that the university fired her for complaining about Title IX and NCAA violations...

No quality coach, program dropped

Posted on May 06, 2009
With the spate of recent teams being cut or dropped from school's varsity roster due to budget issues, this news out of Montana is an interesting change.Miles Community College has dropped its women's volleyball program after unsuccessful three attempts at finding a qualified coach for the team...

Flip-flops III: Hawaii and Arizona looking at sand volleyball

Posted on May 05, 2009
The whole point of calling it sand volleyball, instead of beach volleyball, was to, according to the NCAA, make the newly named emerging sport a little more appealing to places not so sunny and ocean-y. But two schools actively considering adding the sport are sunny and warm: University of Hawaii and University of Arizona...

NYT addresses athletic department cuts

Posted on May 04, 2009
This weekend's NYT had an article on the spate of recent athletic department cuts including the many teams that have been lost to the economic recession.But the effects go beyond the athletes and coaches of the cut teams. The article predicts that the cuts will "alter the college sports landscape" and further reveal and widen the gap between the haves and have-nots...

UW cuts swimming

Posted on May 04, 2009
University of Washington, experiencing a budget shortfall similar to many--if not most--universities these days, has made the difficult decision to cut its men's and women's swim teams. The cuts were a surprise, especially given the recent growing success of the teams at the national level...

Adding lacrosse because they can?

Posted on May 03, 2009
Pleased as we are to see schools that have the ability to add sports at this particular moment in our economic climate, the addition of men's lacrosse at Aurora University in Illinois is a little curious. Seems that they have an underused and quite expensive turf field and they need a team to run all over it...

Tenn county has to answer to disparities

Posted on May 01, 2009
A county in Tennessee has received a complaint regarding the treatment of its girls' soccer team. OCR is set to investigate as soon as the school turns in its own report. The school had already been undertaking a Title IX assessment.But the complaint targets the perks some parents see the football team receiving and the lack of access the girls' soccer team, which has the season in the fall as well, receives...

Lawsuit against Columbia dismissed

Posted on April 30, 2009
Citing violations of Title IX and the First Amendment, lawyer Roy Den Hollander sued Columbia University for offering a women's studies program, but not a men's studies program. But his lawsuit was dismissed earlier this week.I am not the legal expert among us here, but I am in women's studies so this case interested me...

Delaware State cuts wrestling

Posted on April 29, 2009
DSU announced yesterday that it is cutting its wrestling team due to economic issues, gender equity concerns, and issues around the team's academic performance.The last is a problem plaguing several DSU teams and will likely result in some NCAA sanctions...

Maine cuts two sports

Posted on April 27, 2009
The University of Maine is cutting two varsity sports this year: women's volleyball and men's soccer. Economic woes are behind the cuts. Losing these two programs will save the department, which is being required to participate in its share of the school's overall budget reductions, $600,000 next year and $900,000 down the road...

MIT cutting 8 sports

Posted on April 25, 2009
MIT announced yesterday that it will cut eight varsity sports from what was once the largest (tied with Harvard at 41 sports) roster of intercollegiate sports in the country.Citing current and forthcoming budget issues (the institution as a whole is looking to save close to $150 million in the next few years), the athletic department and student life jointly presented the decision...

Flip-flops, Part II

Posted on April 24, 2009
The news that the NCAA has named sand volleyball has created some discussion--and concerns. With the economy in the toilet and so many athletic departments struggling, some are wondering how sand volleyball is going to get started. And it's true that discussions such as facilities and scholarships need to happen...

Break out the flip-flops!

Posted on April 23, 2009
The NCAA has approved "sand volleyball" as an emerging sport. (That's beach volleyball for all you with quizzical looks on your faces; they are calling it sand volleyball to appeal to landlocked institutions.) Competition is slated to begin in the 2010-11 school year...

Former Nevada coach's trial underway

Posted on April 22, 2009
Former University of Nevado-Reno soccer coach Terri Patraw is spending this week in court as she pursues her retaliation claim against the university that dismissed her for reasons they claim include stalker another coach and lying about her time at Arizona State University where, according to UNR officials she had an inappropriate relationship with a student...

Quinnipiac Volleyball Sues

Posted on April 17, 2009
Quinnipiac University volleyball players are challenging the university's recent decision to cut their sport. Their lawyers at the ACLU filed suit this week in federal court, arguing that the loss of women's volleyball is a clear violation of Title IX because Quinnipiac does not offer women athletic opportunities in numbers proportionate to their percentage of the student body...

Ninth Circuit Affirms Ruling Against Transgender Plaintiff in Bathroom Discrimination Case

Posted on April 16, 2009
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's ruling that dismissed plaintiff Rebecca Kastl's lawsuit against Maricopa County Community College. Kastl, who is transsexual, was a MCCC student and instructor, and sued the college in 2002 after it banned her from using the women's restroom and subsequently decided not to renew her contract...

Roundup of Recent Harassment Cases

Posted on April 15, 2009
Here are summaries of the four most recent federal court decisions in cases involving Title IX and sexual harassment. All four are favorable to the plaintiffs. The federal district court in Arkansas denied the Fayetteville School District's motion to dismiss several of plaintiff Billy Wolfe's claims that its failure protect him from anti-gay harassment violated Title IX and the U...

Fired University of Hawaii Basketball Coach Files Retaliation Suit

Posted on April 14, 2009
Via Helen at WHB I learned that Jim Bolla, the former women's basketball coach at the University of Hawaii, recently filed a lawsuit challenging his termination as unlawful retaliation under Title IX. UH fired Bolla for cause last week after investigating reports that he kicked a player and was verbally abusive towards them...

Conference Secures Broadcast of HS Girls' Basketball Tournament Selection Show

Posted on April 13, 2009
Title IX and women's sports advocates frequently bemoan gender disparities in media's coverage of high school and college sports. So it was nice to read about a high school athletic conference (upstate New York's Section III) that leveraged its broadcast rights to take steps towards equal coverage of boys and girls basketball by Time Warner Cable...

Court Approves MHSAA's Agreement for Payment of Damages Award

Posted on April 12, 2009
The Michigan High School Athletic Association is on the hook for $6 million dollars after federal courts determined that its scheduling of girls' sports in the nontraditional seasons violated Title IX and the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause. MHSAA's various appeals kept the litigation going for over a decade, but the final chapter in this case closed last week when the district court approved the parties agreement over the details of MHSSA's payment of the damages and attorneys' fees to parents and their attorneys who filed the successful suit...

Court Dismisses Department of Education as Defendant in Single-Sex Education Suit

Posted on April 11, 2009
As you may recall from this prior post, some parents in Kentucky are challenging the legality of the Department of Education's regulations that allow schools to offer single-sex education. The parents (represented by the ACLU) sued the Breckinridge County Board of Education, which it alleges has violated Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause by offering sex-segregated middle school math and science classes that provide substantially unequal instruction to girls and boys...

New York High School Sued Over Antigay Harassment

Posted on April 11, 2009
Lambda Legal has filed suit against Indian River High School (in upstate New York) on behalf of Charlie Pratt and his sister, Ashley Petranchuk. The lawsuit alleges that Charlie suffered harassment and abuse at the hands of his peers while school officials failed to intervene...

Title IX Blog in the news

Posted on April 09, 2009
Ebuz--and the blog--got some press the other day in an article out of Birmingham that delved into what exactly President Obama was going to do with Title IX.No one knows of course. Most suspect he will not weaken the legislation as his predecessor did...

Thoughts on Training Rules

Posted on April 08, 2009
Unfortunately not ours as we have not yet been able to see the recently premiered documentary about former Penn State b-ball coach Rene Portland. (We hear it will be available for distribution this fall.)But Training Rules debuted this past weekend at the Philadelphia Film Festival...

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