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When Title IX was passed in 1972, 42 percent of the students enrolled in American colleges were female. [5] The purpose of Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 was to update Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned several forms of discrimination in employment, but did not address or mention discrimination in education.
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.
Title IX is a portion of the United States Education Amendments of 1972, Public Law No. 92‑318, 86 Stat. 235 (June 23, 1972), codified at 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681–1688, co-authored and introduced by Senator Birch Bayh; it was renamed the Patsy Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act in 2002, after its late House co-author and sponsor. It states ...
What is Title IX? Title IX is a federal law that was passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972. It reads: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from ...
Title IX, passed by Congress in 1972 rightly prohibits schools from discriminating on the basis of sex. ... Knowing that the law, the police, and the courts will provide at least some measure of ...
Title IX, passed in 1972, is a law that bars sex discrimination in education. The ruling Monday in Kentucky was applauded by the state’s Republican attorney general, Russell Coleman, who said ...
The School Board of St. Johns County, Florida that discrimination on the basis of gender identity is discrimination "on the basis of sex" and is prohibited under Title IX (federal civil rights law) and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. [77] [78]
1972 Education Amendments of 1972: Amended education law to prohibit sex-based discrimination through Title IX. Reauthorized and amended various education laws. Pub. L. 92–318: 1973 (No short title) Authorized additional funding to states for the National School Lunch Program. Pub. L. 93–13: 1973 (No short title)