Title 9 question

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Hello, Was wondering if anybody has had any experience with title 9 when it came to school ball fields. Our girls high school fastpitch team does not have their own field at the high school campus, and for years have been using a rec league field. It is a nice field but it is a little league field and the girls have to be bused there everyday.

The boys have a field on the campus, but use a community field whenever they get the chance (the school field is horrible). The school board is offering this Pony League sized field to the girls to share with the boys JV after removing the grass infield. Not sure about what to do about 14 inch high pitching mound, and the 300 ft fence changes the game. This will also be a problem when wheather turns bad, as the girls will get bumped.

What actions can we take to go about getting our own field. The school board said they will look into it. I believe they will kick the can down the road again. thank You

 

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In 2005, the OCR made it easier for schools and institutions to comply
with Title IX by providing a model web-based survey that schools could
use to meet the terms of the third prong for compliance. The OCR held
that surveying student interest via the Internet is a reliable and ?acceptable
method to measure students? interests in participating in sports.? This
decision caused much controversy, especially among advocacy groups
for women in athletics and education, which claimed that institutions could
construe lack of response to e-mail surveys as lack of interest in athletics
by women.
Treatment. Under Title IX, female athletes should receive the
same advantages and access provided to male teams. In weighing equal
treatment of athletes, the OCR considers several different categories,
such as:
(1) Whether the selection of
sports and levels of competition
effectively accommodate the interests
and abilities of members of both
sexes;
(2) The provision of equipment
and supplies;
(3) Scheduling of games and
practice time;
(4) Opportunity to receive coaching
and academic tutoring;
(5) Assignment and compensation
of coaches and tutors;
(6) Provision of locker rooms and
practice and competitive facilities;
and
(7) Publicity.
Title IX does not require a ?tit-for-tat? system, but instead a system
where an advantage or favorable treatment is not concentrated on boys?
athletics. For example, the amount of funding girls? sports receive does not
necessarily have to equal the amount boys? sports receive. However, girls?
and boys? teams should be afforded equal opportunity for funding. In a
presentation about Title IX funding, Christina Henagen Peer suggested the
following as an ?acceptable funding structure?: the boys? football team and
the girls? volleyball team both have the opportunity to replace out-dated or
worn-out equipment before the start of the season. Since football equipment
is more expensive than volleyball equipment, the boys? football team
receives more money than the girls? volleyball team. Conversely, if girls
lack opportunities because of lack of funding, the school must increase
its funding of girls? sports, reduce funding to boys? sports, or both.

Sited from: http://www.lsc.state.oh.us/membersonly/127interscholasticathletics.pdf

FASTPITCH! Anything else, and you're playing to SLOW!

 

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Fast2home here on OFC knows alot about title 9 and has even helped people file title 9 complaints. PM him, he can help you out. I would say he is the foremost expert that I know of on this subject.

 

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foremost

That's a big word for you Uber!!:lmao:

 

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That's a big word for you Uber!!:lmao:

I was using my blackberry, I meant to type X lol