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Title IX; Long title: An Act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Vocational Education Act of 1963, the General Education Provisions Act (creating a National Foundation for Postsecondary Education and a National Institute of Education), the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress, and related Acts, and for other purposes.
The Obama administration's efforts to apply Title IX to protect LGBT students go back to President Obama's first term in office. [7] In an October 2010 "Dear Colleague" letter, the OCR issued guidance on clarifying that Title IX protects LGBT students from harassment on the basis of sex stereotypes. [8]
Waived student aid requirements for students serving in the military during a military conflict or national emergency. Pub. L. 108–76 (text) 2003 (No short title) Amended the Higher Education Act to modify the rules of the Federal Family Education Loan Program in regard to foreign medical schools. Pub. L. 108–98 (text) 2003
Title IX is a federal statute from 1972 that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools and universities that receive federal funds, including in athletics, and protects against sexual harassment.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Education has told K-12 schools and higher learning institutions that Title IX protections will be recognized on the basis of biological sex.
Title IX, the 37-word statute that helped spur a decades-long women’s sports boom, turns 50 years old on Thursday. ... for example, found that women benefit from just 3-5% of total sports media ...
Title IX claims that, “discrimination on the basis of sex can include sexual harassment or sexual violence, such as rape, sexual assault, sexual battery, and sexual coercion.” [3] When a student goes to a school with a sexual harassment complaint, title IX requires the school to respond “promptly and efficiently” and take “immediate ...
Education Amendments of 1972; Long title: An Act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Vocational Education Act of 1963, the General Education Provisions Act (creating a National Foundation for Postsecondary Education and a National Institute of Education), the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress, and related Acts, and for other purposes.