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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED119583 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Elimination of Sex Discrimination in Athletic
Programs. Memorandum to Chief State School Officers,
Superintendents of Local Educational Agencies and College
and University Presidents.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1975
NOTE: 12 p.
AVAILABILITY: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (free)
ABSTRACT: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and
the Departmental Regulation (45 CFR Part 86) prohibits
discrimination on the basis of sex in the operation of most
federally-assisted education programs. This document
provides guidance with respect to the major first-year
responsibilities of an educational institution to insure
equal opportunity in the operation of both its athletic
activities and its athletic scholarship programs. Discussed
is: (1) discrimination on the basis of sex in the operation
of any interscholastic, intercollegiate club of intramural
athletic program offered by an educational institution; (2)
equal opportunity in the provision of athletic
scholarships;
(3) the requirement that by July 21, 1976 educational
institutions evaluate and correct current policies and
practices. Also discussed is the need to include in an
institutional self-evaluation: (1) a comparison of the
requirements of the regulation with current policies; (2)
a
determination of the interests of both sexes in the sports
offered and a determination of the relative abilities of
members of each sex; and (3) a plan to accommodate the
interests and abilities of both sexes. (Author/KE)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action;
Educational-Assessment;
Federal-Aid; Objectives-; Self-Evaluation
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Athletics-; *Educational-Legislation;
*Higher-Education; *Scholarships-; *Sex-Discrimination
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