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Title IX Current Issues for Secondary School Athletics and Physical Education

Title IX Current Issues for Secondary School Athletics and Physical Education. Linda Jean Carpenter, Ph.D., J.D. ACCESS. ACCESS You don’t need a uniform if you are not on the team. Progress for all: . Boys Girls. 2011-12 4,484,987 3,207,533 1971-72 3,666,917 294,015.

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Title IX Current Issues for Secondary School Athletics and Physical Education

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  1. Title IX Current Issues for Secondary School Athletics and Physical Education Linda Jean Carpenter, Ph.D., J.D.

  2. ACCESS

  3. ACCESS You don’t need a uniform if you are not on the team.

  4. Progress for all: Boys Girls 2011-12 4,484,987 3,207,533 1971-72 3,666,917 294,015 (nfhs.org)

  5. Issue: Access •More female HS athletes •More male HS athletes Since 2007-08 (economic downturn) there are 263,139 more high school students participating in athletics than ever before.

  6. Issue: Access •More female HS athletes •More male HS athletes Growth in last 5 years: Females: 150,267

  7. Issue: Access •More female HS athletes •More male HS athletes Growth in last 5 years: Females: 150,267 Males: 112,872

  8. Issue: Access •More female HS athletes •More male HS athletes Growth in last 5 years: Females: 150,267 57.1% of increase Males: 112,872 42.9% of increase

  9. Issue: Access Knowledge vs. Sound bite

  10. Issue: Access •More female HS athletes •More male HS athletes Growth in last 5 years: Females: 150,267 57.1% of increase Males: 112,872 42.9% of increase But, Girls=only 42.7% of all HS athletes

  11. Most Popular High School Girls Sports in US – 2011/12 1 Basketball 2 Track and Field 3 Volleyball 4 Softball FP 5 Cross Country 6 Soccer 7 Tennis 8 Golf 9 Swimming/Diving 10 Competitive Spirit Squad (nfhs.org)

  12. Most Popular High School Girls Sports in US – 2011/12 1 Basketball 2 Track and Field 3 Volleyball 4 Softball FP 5 Cross Country 6 Soccer 7 Tennis 8 Golf 9 Swimming/Diving 10 Competitive Spirit Squad (nfhs.org)

  13. Issue: Access- Proportionality Is Cheer* a ‘sport’ for Title IX purposes? • AKA: • Competitive Spirit Squad • Stunts & Acrobat Team

  14. Issue: Access- Proportionality Is Cheer* a ‘sport’ for Title IX purposes? • Answers: • Office for Civil Rights • Biediger v Quinnipiac University

  15. Issue: Pregnancy

  16. Issue: Contact Sport Exemption Does Title IX’s Contact Sport Exemption available for co-ed Physical Education classes help or hurt girls?

  17. Issue: Contact Sport Exemption Should Title IX’s Contact Sport Exemption be retired?

  18. Issue: Retaliation Does Title IX help to fight Retaliation?

  19. Embrace equity more than tradition or privilege.

  20. Thanks for being with us today. Kelly Witte wittek@uww.edu Penny Portman portmanp@uww.edu Linda Jean Carpenter LcarpentBC@aol.com

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