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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.
Post Frequency: 3.4/day Last Entry: July 16, 2010 at 08:42:00 Recent Entries: 531
By Erin Buzuvis, Sudha Setty, and Kristine Newhall
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Point Loma Nazarene University Cuts Four Teams
Posted on March 09, 2010Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego announced last week that this year would be the last for four of its sports teams: men's golf, men's track, men's cross country, and women's softball. PLNU reportedly explained the cuts as necessary to achieve compliance with Title IX...
Monetary award for victim of bullying
Posted on March 08, 2010Last year we reported that a case of harassment previously dismissed by the lower court in Michigan was reinstated by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. And late last week a jury awarded Hudson Area Schools to pay the plaintiffs $800,000.It's a very good result given the rising incidents of bullying in (and out of) schools...
Student fees funding athletic departments
Posted on March 05, 2010A while ago we mentioned that San Diego State University raised its student athletic fee by a fairly large percent in order to, among other things, add two women's sports.This article notes that the raising of student fees, sometimes with student support, sometimes unilaterally, has become a trend as many college athletic departments struggle to balance their budgets...
Diving coach lawsuit moves to federal court
Posted on March 04, 2010We blogged about the lawsuit filed by former Texas A&M diving coach Kevin Wright when he filed for wrongful termination in state court under a whistleblower protection statute in Texas. At that time we wondered whether there would also be a Title IX retaliation claim...
Illinois School District Agrees to Equal Treatment for Girls Sports
Posted on March 03, 2010We've blogged a few times about the Title IX lawsuit against Canton (Illinois) School District No. 66 (see here, here and here). The school district was charged the school with discriminating against girls' athletic teams in funding and support. The parties have reportedly entered into a settlement agreement that ensures girls' teams have equal access to practice facilities, lockers, and funding...
Cutting track, adding golf at Seton Hall
Posted on March 01, 2010Seton Hall has decided to cut men's and women's track and field due to budget shortfalls. This academic year will be the last for the teams--four in total because of the indoor and outdoor seasons. When making the announcement last week, the school also announced that it will be adding women's golf...
NAGWS Produces Title IX DVD
Posted on February 28, 2010The National Association of Girls and Women and Sport recently produced a new Title IX DVD resource in conjunction with Bowling Green State University and WBGS-PBS. Title IX: Implications for Women in Sport and Education is a 3-discs documentary that provides a comprehensive overview of history and contemporary issues related to Title IX...
"To Lynch a Child"
Posted on February 27, 2010Via Feminist Law Profs, I learned that Professor Michael Higdon of Tennessee has posted a working paper called "To Lynch a Child: Bullying and Gender Nonconformity in Our Nation's Schools." Below is the abstract, and here is a link to the full article...
Litigation Updates
Posted on February 26, 2010Here is a roundup of recent developments in ongoing Title IX cases that we've blogged about before.Potential settlement in J.L. v. Mohawk Central School District. This is the gay bullying case in upstate New York, that was filed by the ACLU last summer and in which the Department of Justice recently intervened on the side of the plaintiff...
New report findings on college sexual assault
Posted on February 25, 2010The Center for Public Integrity released a report this week about the judicial proceedings and consequences for accused sexual assault perpetrators on college and university campuses. Not surprisingly, the group found that the consequences alleged assailants face are minimal...
Virginia Schools Consider Competitive Cheer
Posted on February 24, 2010A school superintendent in Virginia is urging his district and others in his region to consider altering cheerleading so that the opportunities it provides count as as athletic opportunities under Title IX. Girls receive proportionately fewer athletic opportunities in Superintendent Nichols' Chesapeake Public Schools, and he and others support counting cheer as a sport as a way to "close the gap...
Parents Make Equal Treatment Claim Against School District
Posted on February 23, 2010Parents have sued the Coffee County, Tennessee school district in federal court, alleging that Central High School discriminates against their daughters, female soccer players, by failing to provide equal treatment to girls' sports. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges disparities in funding that result in members of the girls' soccer team having to raise funds for the same equipment and supplies that are provided to the boys' team...
Delaware State sued over equestion cut
Posted on February 17, 2010As Erin subtly foreshadowed last month in her post about Delaware State cutting men's tennis and women's equestrian because of budget issues, a lawsuit has been filed. It is not by a current member of the equestrian team but by a Canadian who signed a letter of intent to ride for DSU next year...
Cal State Bakersfield cutting four sports
Posted on February 12, 2010California State University Bakersfield announced yesterday that due to budget shortfalls it will cut four varsity sports: men's and women's golf, women's tennis, and men's wrestling. The decision was based on CSUB's desire to remain a DI institution (which means they have to maintain at least 6 men's sports and 9 women's sports) and to eventually enter the Big West Conference which requires member schools to have certain sports such as volleyball and softball and baseball...
Professors Survive Summary Judgment on Employment Discrimination Claim
Posted on February 10, 2010Today a federal court in Ohio paved the way for trial in an employment discrimination case filed by two female former professors at Xavier University. The plaintiffs alleged that they were terminated from Xavier University because of their sex and age and in retaliation for filing a complaint against the department chair...
UC Davis case reinstated on appeal
Posted on February 09, 2010Erin wished in May 2008 that the three plaintiffs in the UC Davis wrestling case would appeal the decision of the lower court to dismiss the lawsuit in which the student-athletes allege Title IX violations after the school eliminated their opportunity to wrestle...
If you are on Facebook
Posted on February 05, 2010Please check out the page Title IX Compliance: Know the Score.It's aim is to inform parents, students, and other interested parties about Title IX compliance in high schools. It also tracks news of compliance cases in high schools.
Study Links Title IX and Health Benefits in Women
Posted on February 03, 2010New research suggests that the nearly 600% increase in girls' sports participation following the passage of Title IX has contributed to health benefits for women. In the current issue of Evaluation Review, Robert Kaestner and Xin Xu report that "adult women who were affected by Title IX and had greater opportunity to participate in athletics while young had lower body mass index (BMI) and lower rates of obesity and reported being more physically active than women who were not afforded these opportunities...
School District Not Liable For Harassment by Former Teacher
Posted on January 31, 2010The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that the McLean County School District was not liable for the harassment committed by a former teacher at his new school. From 2002 to 2005, Jon White was an elementary school teacher in McLean County, Illinois...
City of Nashville Pays > $1 Million to Victim of School Bus Assault
Posted on January 29, 2010The City of Nashville recently settled with a parent and the Department of Justice, whose lawsuit challenged the school district's failure to protect the plaintiff's 9 year old, autistic son from peer-on-peer sexual assault on the school bus provided to children with special needs...
Student Nondiscrimination Act Introduced in Congress
Posted on January 28, 2010Yesterday, Representative Jared Polis (D-Co.) introduced in the House of Representative a bill that would provide Title IX-like protection to LGBT students. If passed, the Student Nondiscrimination Act would offer remedies for discrimination that targets students because of their "actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity...
Cuts at Duquesne
Posted on January 27, 2010Duquesne University in Pittsburgh announced the other day that it will cut men's swimming and diving, men's wrestling, men's golf, and baseball. The combined cuts will result in a $1 million savings. One report claims that the athletic director has said this money will be spread out among the 16 remaining sports...
St. Rose adds lacrosse
Posted on January 23, 2010Bucking the cutting trend, the College of St. Rose has announced it will add lacrosse for the 2010-11 season. Men's lacrosse. They are building a turf field as part of a general improvement of facilities project and need a team to put on it. Apparently adding lacrosse has always been on the agenda...
Delaware State Violates Title IX With Recent Elimination of Equestrian Team
Posted on January 22, 2010Via Jarrett at HBCU Sports Blog, I learned that Delaware State University recently announced a decision to eliminate men's tennis and women's equestrian. The decision, which comes less than a year after announced elimination of the men's wrestling team, was made to help balance the athletics budget and to improve the competitiveness of the remaining teams...
Paying it forward
Posted on January 21, 2010I am usually pleased to see Title IX activism anywhere, and especially so when the activist(s) who files a complaints or makes known a potentially inequitable situation has no vested interest in the situation (besides a general interest in gender equity which everyone should have a vested interest in)...
Article Makes Case for Punitive Damages under Title IX
Posted on January 20, 2010A student note in the University of Pittsburgh Law Review argues that Title IX punitive damages should be available to plaintiffs seeking relief from school districts that have discriminated on the basis of sex in their allocation of athletic opportunities and resources...
Justice Department Takes Up Anti-Gay Bully Case
Posted on January 18, 2010Last summer we blogged about a peer harassment case filed against the Mohawk School District in upstate New York. The plaintiff, an openly-gay ninth grader named Jacob, claims that the district violated Title IX by failing to protect him from anti-gay bullying and harassment by his peers...
NCAA happenings
Posted on January 17, 2010The annual NCAA meeting concluded this weekend after a great deal of business was conducted--or at least it seemed that way from press coverage; I wasn't there. I just wanted to quickly mention two decisions.The first is in regards to sand volleyball...
Sand volleyball: In or out?
Posted on January 15, 2010The NCAA, which is meeting in Atlanta, Georgia this week, is voting today on whether to keep sand volleyball (for women) or to nix it from the list of emerging sports.When it was added I recall a little concern on my part on how it would be implemented and apparently others have similar concerns...
Former Texas A&M Diving Coach Files Retaliation Case
Posted on January 15, 2010Kevin Wright, who was fired in September from his position as head coach of Texas A&M's diving team, has sued the university in state court, alleging he was terminated in retaliation for reporting concerns about gender discrimination in athletics...
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