Title IX requires equal opportunity for girls in school-based sports programs receiving federal financial assistance — including equal publicity.
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Inaction on Title IX spans decades in Congress
Nearly 50 years after the passage of Title IX, the federal government still does not have an accurate way of knowing how many high schools and other secondary schools are in compliance with the statute.
Title IX can only protect those who know about it
Each school district crafts its own Title IX training — if the district offers any at all.
Disparities between girls’ and boys’ sports facilities lead to the courthouse
Many of the 109 Title IX complaints related to high school sports filed with the federal government describe substandard facilities for girls — shoddy maintenance, uneven fields, limited or no access to gyms and pools.
The Faces of Title IX
We asked the same question of 60 women: “What’s the most important lesson you learned playing high school sports?”
Title IX has not meant equality for high school girls sports
Girls’ participation in school sports has increased dramatically since 1972. But Title IX advocates say that boys still get better treatment.
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