Title IX: 40 Years and Counting  National Women’s Law Center (

 Requires schools to:  Offer male and female students equal opportunities to play sports  Treat male and female athletes fairly

 Demonstrate  % of male and female athletes are about the same as the % male and female students enrolled  OR...  The school has a history and a continuing practice of expanding opportunities for female athletes  OR...  That the school is fully meeting female athletes’ interests and abilities.

% of H.S. with participation gap 10% points or higher STATE RANK

STATE % of H.S. with participation gap 10% points or higher

 Demonstrate  Equitable quality and quantity of equipment & supplies  Fairness in scheduling games & practices  Equitable financial support for travel & expenses  Fairness in assigning and paying quality coaches  Equitable facilities  Locker room, fields, and arenas

 Current Trends & Issues in Athletics  Gender Equity  Explain the class  Ask time to share strategies to provide = opportunities to both genders  Victory stories / frustrations

 Older facilities before the rise of girls sports  Budgeting issues across the board  Football gets most Booster $  Pretty sure we don’t follow, pretty sure it’s illegal  Sports have different sponsorships (AR)  Decrease interest in freshman girls basketball  Donations cause a huge headache  Cannot answer, under T9 investigation  NO PROBLEMS!

 Same # of sports ????  Added golf, ice hockey, gymnastics, cheer  2 high schools combined to meet #’s for teams  Gender coordinators / same salary & class code  Use OCR three prong check point  Share equipment when possible  Wheelchair athlete on the track team  Comparable salaries / budgets / # of coaches

 NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT  Prepared  Knowledgeable  Proactive

 Booster club donations School can use funds as designated by donor ○ If results in an inequity along gender lines ○ District must correct using its own funds if needed  Remember.... Budgets don’t need to be equal ○ Benefits provided must be equal  Solution? All-inclusive school-wide sports booster club policy, even better? ALL-INCLUSIVE

 Work to identify who is your Title IX compliance officer By law: ○ Public schools ○ Charter schools ○ Magnet schools Investigates complaints: ○ Sex discrimination ○ Sexual harassment

 Administration:  Work to create a committee and begin with a strategic plan  School board members  Parents, public/community members etc.  Coaches / Teachers  Work to be on the committee

 Assess existing program (Check it Out)  Organize talking sessions Staff District personnel Action plan

  Title IX jumpstarts Sun Prairie Ladies Athletics in  Celebrate Saturday, January 19 th.  Sun Prairie, WI – In 1972 Sun Prairie High School Girls Athletic Association had 125 girls in the club designed to get intramural-level sports organized for interested girls. In the same year, the Federal government signed into law, Title IX which essentially leveled the playing field for girls by giving them equal sports representation.  Since then, 11 conference sports have been added along with one club sport.  Timeline of Ladies Athletics  1901Basketball  1946Bowling  1972Girls Athletic Association  1972Track  1973Tennis  1974Volleyball, Gymnastics  1976Softball  1978Cross Country  1987Golf  1989Soccer  1992Swimming  2005Bowling  2007Hockey  2010Equestrian  (a club sport)  Strong Participation Today  At the end of the 2011 seasons, there were 446 girls who participated in a sport compared to 634 boys. The girls represented 41 percent of all Sun Prairie High School athletes.

 9 years old  1,911 Rushing yards  35 TD  65 Tackles

 “Our vision is to create an educationally based environment where all kids can succeed. That includes race, special needs, gender, and socio-economic status. You have to address them all together; that’s how you change culture.”

 Geneva All Sports  Hinsdale Booster   National Federation of State High School Associations Participation   NATIONAL WOMEN’S LAW   Washington State   Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic 