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WHEREAS, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is the first comprehensive law prohibiting discrimination based on sex in all programs or activities of educational institutions that receive federal financial assistance; and,
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WHEREAS, Congresswoman Patsy Mink of Hawaii, Congresswoman Edith Green of Oregon, Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana, and their teams took pivotal leadership roles in drafting and introducing a bill that contained provisions for gender equity in education; and,
WHEREAS, Title IX is modeled after Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the landmark law that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, and national origin in federally funded programs; and,
WHEREAS, soon after the Civil Rights Act was passed, Congress recognized that sex discrimination in education programs also necessitated federal legislation to protect all students, boys and girls, faculty, and staff; and,
WHEREAS, Title IX originates from a 37-word statute and has grown into a body of inclusive laws pertaining to "interpretations" and "clarifications" serving to protect individual citizens and avoid the use of federal funding to support discriminatory practices; and,
WHEREAS, Title IX facilitated rapid increases in the percentages of women attending and completing both undergraduate and graduate programs; and,
WHEREAS, the legal protections afforded by Title IX have granted female students the right to hold perpetrators of sexual and gender-based misconduct accountable and promote safe, healthy learning environments for all students; and,
WHEREAS, according to the NCAA, the number of women's teams rose by 125% and female participation in collegiate
sports has increased by 195% from 1982 to 2021; and,
WHEREAS, as of 2016, research from EY shows that among senior business women in the C-suite, 94 % played sports and over half played at a university level, suggesting a correlation between success in sports and their success in business; and,
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