ERIC Number: ED281413
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 58
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Beyond Title IX: PEER's State-by-State Guide to Women's Educational Equity Laws.
Cusick, Theresa; And Others
A guide to the status of state laws that prohibit sex discrimination in education is presented. The federal law (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972) is used as the standard against which state laws are measured. Based on a survey of the states (including the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories) and an assessment of state statutes and regulations, 32 states (including one territory) were found to have enacted some prohibitions of sex discrimination in education. These range from comprehensive educational equity laws, similar in scope and purpose to the federal Title IX, to brief statements of nondiscrimination policy. Detailed summaries are presented of the provisions of 13 state laws that qualify as state Title IX laws; eight cover all levels of education, while five only cover elementary and secondary education. For each of these 13 laws, consideration is given to general provisions, coverage, admissions, treatment of students, employment, and enforcement. Nineteen states have enacted some statutory prohibitions of sex discrimination in education, and these laws have the potential to become state Title IX laws if they were amended. The provisions of six of these 19 laws are summarized. (SW)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Compliance (Legal), Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Practices, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Higher Education, Legal Responsibility, Sex Discrimination, Sex Fairness, State Legislation, Student College Relationship
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, Project on Equal Education Rights, 1333 H Street, N.W., 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 ($14.95 each; quantity discount, $12.95).
Publication Type: Reference Materials - Directories/Catalogs; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Women's Educational Equity Act Program (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, Washington, DC. Project on Equal Education Rights.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education Amendments 1972; Title IX Education Amendments 1972
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