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Title IX:
40 Years and Counting
National Women’s Law Center (www.nwlc.org)
FUNDAMENTAL TENETS OF TITLE IX
Requires
schools to:
Offer
male and female students equal opportunities
to play sports
Treat
male and female athletes fairly
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES??
Demonstrate
% of male and female athletes are about the same as the %
male and female students enrolled
The school has a history and a continuing practice of
expanding opportunities for female athletes
OR . . .
OR . . .
That the school is fully meeting female athletes’ interests
and abilities.
RANK
STATE
% of H.S. with
participation gap
10% points or higher
RANK
STATE
% of H.S. with
participation gap
10% points or higher
TREAT FAIRLY??
Demonstrate
Equitable
quality and quantity of equipment &
supplies
Fairness in scheduling games & practices
Equitable financial support for travel & expenses
Fairness in assigning and paying quality coaches
Equitable facilities
Locker
room, fields, and arenas
CLASS PROJECT
Current Trends & Issues in Athletics
Gender
Equity
Explain
the class
Ask time to share strategies to provide = opportunities to
both genders
Victory stories / frustrations
OBSTACLES
Older facilities before the rise of girls sports
Budgeting issues across the board
Football gets most Booster $
Pretty sure we don’t follow, pretty sure it’s illegal
Sports have different sponsorships (AR)
Decrease interest in freshman girls basketball
Donations cause a huge headache
Cannot answer, under T9 investigation
NO PROBLEMS!
POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES
Same # of sports ????
Added golf, ice hockey, gymnastics, cheer
2 high schools combined to meet #’s for teams
Gender coordinators / same salary & class code
Use OCR three prong check point
Share equipment when possible
Wheelchair athlete on the track team
Comparable salaries / budgets / # of coaches
TITLE IX COMPLIANCE
NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT
Prepared
Knowledgeable
Proactive
WISCONSIN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION
KNOWLEDGEABLE
Booster club donations
School can use funds as designated by donor
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Remember . . . .
Budgets don’t need to be equal
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If results in an inequity along gender lines
District must correct using its own funds if needed
Benefits provided must be equal
Solution?
All-inclusive school-wide sports booster club
policy, even better? ALL-INCLUSIVE
BE PROACTIVE
Work to identify who is your Title IX
compliance officer
By law:
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Public schools
Charter schools
Magnet schools
Investigates complaints:
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Sex discrimination
Sexual harassment
CONNECT
Administration:
Work
to create a committee and begin with a
strategic plan
School
board members
Parents, public/community members etc.
Coaches / Teachers
Work
to be on the committee
COMMUNICATE
Assess existing program (Check it Out)
Organize talking sessions
Staff
District personnel
Action plan
Girls basketball started in 1901 with a team of 10 ladies.
Today, there are 49 ladies participating in basketball.
Title IX jumpstarts Sun Prairie Ladies Athletics in 1972.
Celebrate Saturday, January 19th.
Sun Prairie, WI – In 1972 Sun Prairie High School Girls Athletic Association had 125 girls in the
club designed to get intramural-level sports organized for interested girls. In the same year, the
Federal government signed into law, Title IX which essentially leveled the playing field for girls
by giving them equal sports representation.
Since then, 11 conference sports have been added along with one club sport.
Timeline of Ladies Athletics
1901
1946
1972
1972
1973
1974
1976
1978
1987
1989
1992
2005
2007
2010
2011
Basketball
Bowling
Girls Athletic Association
Track
Tennis
Volleyball, Gymnastics
Softball
Cross Country
Golf
Soccer
Swimming
Bowling
Hockey
Equestrian
679- (a club sport)
Strong Participation Today
At the end of the 2011 seasons, there were 446 girls who participated in a sport compared to
634 boys. The girls represented 41 percent of all Sun Prairie High School athletes.
9 years old
1,911 Rushing yards
35 TD
65 Tackles
AD QUOTE
“Our vision is to create an educationally based
environment where all kids can succeed. That
includes race, special needs, gender, and
socio-economic status. You have to address
them all together; that’s how you change
culture.”
REFERENCES
Geneva All Sports Booster @ http://ghsallsportsboosters.com/#
Hinsdale Booster Club @ http://www.Theboosters.com
National Federation of State High School Associations Participation Survey @
http://www.nwlc.org/our-issues/education-%2526-title-ix/athletics
Washington State Athletics @
http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=3282
NATIONAL WOMEN’S LAW CENTER @
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=TAmr62zIBQw
http://www.k12.wa.us/Equity/default.aspx
Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association @
http://www.wiaawi.org/Schools/PupilNondiscrimination.aspx