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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 ○ ○ Remember . . . . Budgets don’t need to be equal ○ 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: ○ ○ ○ Public schools Charter schools Magnet schools Investigates complaints: ○ ○ 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