Title IX, Sex Discrimination, and Intercollegiate Athletics. : A Legal Overview.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges.

Federal aid to education.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (19 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides an overview of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Focuses on Title IX prohibition on sex discrimination in intercollegiate athletics, and reviews the three-part test that Department of Education uses to determine whether institutions are providing nondiscriminatory athletic participation opportunities for both male and female students. Summarizes Department of Education Commission on Opportunity in Athletics report on Title IX, Department of Education response to the report, and discusses recent legal challenges to the Title IX regulations and the three-part test.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. Title IX, Sex Discrimination, and Intercollegiate Athletics

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