Part of the US Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal funding. Though it addresses education broadly, from admissions to hiring, it became best known for the dramatic expansion of women's and girls' school and college athletic programs it forced over the following decades.
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Key ProvisionBars sex-based exclusion, denial of benefits, or discrimination in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. 1 Enacted / Adopted Year Classification
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What does Title IX prohibit?
It prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity receiving federal funding.
Title IX, part of the US Education Amendments of 1972, bars sex-based exclusion, denial of benefits, or discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal financial assistance.
Why is Title IX best known for its effect on school sports?
Because it forced a dramatic, decades-long expansion of women's and girls' school and college athletics, even though the law itself covers education broadly.
Although Title IX addresses education broadly, from admissions to hiring, it became best known for the dramatic expansion of women's and girls' school and college athletic programs it forced over the following decades.
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Title IX, enacted in 1972 to extend the antidiscrimination principle of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into sex-based discrimination in education, belongs to the same civil-rights era in American education that Brown v. Board of Education opened in 1954; the two are not directly linked.
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Wikimedia FoundationTitle IX, Text
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.
Description, policy-kind classification
Part of the US Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal funding.
View the Source 2. Title IX (Wikipedia)
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Title IX is a landmark federal civil rights law in the United States that was enacted as part (Title IX) of the Education Amendments of 1972.
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