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):

Discrimination in education.

Federal aid to education.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 2003

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 (ED) uses to determine whether institutions are providing nondiscriminatory athletic participation opportunities for both male and female students. Summarizes formation of ED Commission on Opportunity in Athletics to recommend changes if warranted, and discusses recent legal challenges to the Title IX regulations and the three-part test

Notes:

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

Publisher Number:

CRS-2003-AML-0251

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