1. AAUW in
Waverly 10/20/2016

2. Title IX 37 Words Changed Everything
"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 educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.“
One of the main authors of the Title IX bill was Rep. Patsy Mink from Hawaii, an AAUW member.
Signed into law by Richard Nixon on June 23, 1972.

3. Each School Is Required to Have a Title IX Coordinator
Oversee all aspects of Title IX in a school
Field complaints
Monitor the gender ratio in STEM classes
Work to monitor and end sexual harassment and violence
Support pregnant and parenting students

4. Two-Thirds of Public Schools Reported Zero Incidents of Sexual Harassment in 2013–14
Info came from the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) for
The zeros don’t really tell the truth about what is happening in schools.
The AAUW report Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment in Schools found that nearly half of students grades 7–12 (and more than half of girls) reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment in the previous school year.
In Iowa 59% of districts reported 0 incidents of sexual harassment.

5. AAUW’s Research
48% of middle and high school students surveyed experienced sexual harassment during the school year.
Girls were more likely to be harassed than boys (56% vs. 40%).
87% of students who were harassed said it had a negative effect on them.

6. Why did schools report zeros?
States are unaware of requirements
Incorrect reporting
Lack of resources

7. Some of the worst problems happen when
Schools don’t have a Title IX coordinator
The coordinator lacks training
The coordinator isn’t given the authority to oversee compliance

8. So AAUW Would Like You to Deliver Title IX Materials to Schools
A letter to the administrator
A letter to the Title IX Coordinator
A resource guide for the Title IX Coordinator
Find those materials here.
If you ask to schedule a meeting and deliver in person, you can have a conversation about what is at stake.
Find out who your Title IX Coordinator is here.
(The Title IX Coordinator for Waverly-Shell Rock is Bridgette Wagoner, ,
WAVERLY-SHELL ROCK COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT
Coordinator Name: Bridgette Wagoner ,

9. Letters to Governor’s Offices
AAUW State Presidents are sending letters to their respective governors
42 State Presidents have already done this
Note the zeros for sexual harassment reporting
Conflicts with Crossing the Line
Express concern about inaccurate reporting
Ask them to correct incorrect reporting from
Ask them to take action to insure that sexual harassment is reported accurately
Signed by Lisa Maatz and state president

10. Letter to Governor Branstad
The letter to Governor Branstad acknowledged founding the Governor’s Office for Bullying Prevention
Less emphasis on correcting info from the past
More emphasis on adequately funding the Office for Bullying Prevention
Asks for a meeting with someone from governor’s office or the Iowa Department of Education
Signed by Lisa Maatz, Maureen White, Dev Kiedaisch, and Ann Gale
Received an from Linda Fandel in Governor’s office 10/17/2016

11. Title IX was great for female athletes
294,015 girls playing high school sports
29,972 women playing college varsity sports
3,172,637 girls playing high school sports
186,460 women playing college varsity sports
Title IX increased women’s participation in college sports 500 percent between 1972 and 2011

12. But terrible for female coaches
1972
2011
90% of head coaches for women’s teams were women
42.6% of head coaches for women’s teams were women

14. The number of women coaching women has dropped since Title IX
In 1973, 90 percent of NCAA women’s sports teams had female coaches. Today, that number is 42.6 percent.
Between 2000 and 2014, NCAA schools created more than 2,000 new head coaching jobs in women’s sports. But 65 percent of those jobs went to men. 

15. Women’s Sports at the University of Iowa
After Title IX, the University of Iowa was a great place for female coaches because it had a separate athletic department for women until 2000.
Gary Barta took over as athletic director in He fired female coaches with losing records, but kept male coaches who had similar records.
Barta replaced two of the five female coaches he fired with men — and paid those men 25 percent more than the women they replaced. Three were replaced with other women, and they were paid 13 percent less.

16. Some Factors
Men’s sports are more popular than women’s sports, and male athletes are assumed to make better coaches.
80% of college athletic directors are men. Their network includes mostly male coaches.
Women don’t have vocal allies among male coaches.

17. Solutions?
The National Collegiate Athletic Association 700 W. Washington Street P.O. Box Indianapolis, Indiana Phone: Fax:
Tweet at

18. Election
Election Day is November 8, 2016 – 18 days from now.
So…

19. AAUW Action Fund Provides Useful Voter Guides
It’s My Vote: AAUW Voter Issue Guide here
Find the Voter Guides from AAUW Action Fund here
They include candidates for president here
Vice president here
US Senate from Iowa here
US House, Iowa 1st District here
Presidential debate bingo cards here

20. Ask Questions
Go to local events when candidates for office make appearances and ask questions.
Use the “It’s My Vote: Voter Issue Guide” to create questions for candidates.
Ask your candidate if they support or oppose here

21. Join the AAUW Action Network
Sign up on the list, or go online here
You will receive action alerts from AAUW
Click on a link enter your zip code, and you will have a an that is ready to send to your representatives in Washington, D.C.

22. Women Were Never Given the Right to Vote
Women fought for and won the right to vote
Some women were jailed
Went on hunger strikes
Were force fed
Women can change the outcome of the election this year, so be sure to vote!
Early voting has already started

23. AAUW has new pay gap info
Find the Fall 2016 “Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap” here
PowerPoint is available for download here
Find Fall 2016 Iowa pay gap information here
Includes a federal road map to pay equity – what needs to be done at the national level
Includes a state road map for Iowa – what needs to be done at the state level
The AAUW Waverly website already has a lot of good resources for pay equity and other issues. Kudos to your webmaster.

24. Lobby Day
State Capitol
February 22, 2017

25. AAUW Iowa Spring Conference
April 29-30, 2017
Cedar Rapids
Creating a More Inclusive World

26. Ann Gale Contact Information