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[Webinar] U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Guidance on Athletics Opportunity Under Title IX (K-12 & Higher...

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights released three new resources to support equal opportunity in athletics under Title IX. Join Bricker's education team for an update on this guidance and...more

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OCR and DOJ Issue Clear Guidance that Denying Transgender Students Access to the Bathroom and Sports Team Corresponding to Their...

On June 22, 2021, the United States Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (“DOJ) issued a joint Fact Sheet addressed to elementary and secondary...more

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Is OCR’s New Approach to Trans Rights in Schools Really Inconsistent? Here’s Why It’s Not

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On September 8, 2020, an Education Dive article quoted me about two recent letters from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on the impact on Title IX of this year’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court...more

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Tennis Coach Wins First Set In Gender Bias Match Against University

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It goes without saying that federally funded educational institutions cannot discriminate on the basis of gender. Some federal courts believe Title IX is the proper statute upon which to base employment discrimination claims,...more

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Office for Civil Rights Clarifies That Cost of Attendance "Counts" for Title IX Purposes

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Scholarships up to the cost of attendance "count as athletic financial assistance and are subject to the same rules under Title IX as other athletic scholarships," according to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for...more

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Title IX Implications of the O'Bannon Decision

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The recent federal appellate decision in O'Bannon v. NCAA may have profound implications for colleges obligated to ensure gender equity in athletics under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). In the...more

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