Title IX makes it illegal for secondary (high schools) and post-secondary (colleges and universities) educational institutions; and other schools to discriminate, harass, or retaliate against an individual because of gender equity issues. Title IX issues include, but are not limited to the following.
- Access to higher education, especially in areas of study where women, including women of color, are and have been traditionally underrepresented.
- Equal opportunity and access to athletics, including adequate funding of women’s sports; equal access to practice times, facilities, and transportation; access to scholarship monies; and pay equity among male and female coaches.
- Sexual harassment.
- Education for pregnant and parenting students.
- Employment, including tenure and pay equity issues.
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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