Title IX Resources
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“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance[.]”
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General guidance issues by OCR for Title IX athletics by way of a memorandum.
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Intercollegiate athletics policy interpretation; provides more specific factors to be reviewed by OCR under program factors listed at 34 C.F.R. Section 106.41 of the Title IX regulation.
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U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that Title IX applies to private colleges that do not receive direct federal funding as long as their students receive federally funded scholarships or grants.
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U.S. Congress passes the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, over President Regan’s veto, which effectively overturns the Super Court’s Grove City College v. Bell decision; thereafter, all education programs at an institution are covered by Title IX when any one program receives federal funding.
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U.S Supreme Court rules unanimously in 1992 that students who are victims of sexual harassment and abuse in public schools can sue for monetary damages under Title IX.
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OCR issues the Title IX Athletics Investigator’s Manual to guide OCR investigators through their Title IX athletics investigations and data collection.
The Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act requires co-educational institutions of postsecondary education that participate in a Title IV, federal student financial assistance program, and have an intercollegiate athletic program, to prepare an annual report to the Department of Education on athletic participation, staffing, and revenues and expenses, by men's and women's teams.
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OCR issues the Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics Policy Guidance: The Three-Part Test to explain how institutions must comply with Title IX using any one of the prongs of the Three-Part Test.
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The Three-Part test works and provides flexibility to institutions when determining compliance with Title IX.
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OCR has a policy that allows schools to use a model survey to measure student interest. If the survey is sent by email and students do not respond, the school can treat that non-response as a lack of interest. As a result, the school may be presumed to meet the requirements of Part Three.
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In the Intercollegiate Athletics Policy Clarification, OCR withdrew its March 17, 2005, clarification and related documents. OCR reaffirmed the 1996 Policy Clarification regarding the Three-Part Test and made clear that survey results alone are not enough to demonstrate compliance with Part Three.