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

2. ACCESS

3. You dont need a uniform if you are not on the team.

4. 2011-124,484,9873,207,533 1971-723,666,917 294,015 Progress for all: BoysGirls (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: 150,26757.1% of increase Males: 112,87242.9% of increase

9. Knowledge vs. Sound bite Issue: Access

10. More female HS athletes More male HS athletes Growth in last 5 years: Females: 150,26757.1% of increase Males: 112,87242.9% 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. Is Cheer* a sport for Title IX purposes? AKA: Competitive Spirit Squad Stunts & Acrobat Team Issue: Access- Proportionality

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

15. Issue: Pregnancy

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

17. Issue: Contact Sport Exemption Should Title IXs 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