Title IX Overview: Eliminating Discrimination in Education

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AAUW in 2016-17 Waverly 10/20/2016

Title IX 37 Words Changed Everything "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. One of the main authors of the Title IX bill was Rep. Patsy Mink from Hawaii, an AAUW member. Signed into law by Richard Nixon on June 23, 1972.

Each School Is Required to Have a Title IX Coordinator Oversee all aspects of Title IX in a school Field complaints Monitor the gender ratio in STEM classes Work to monitor and end sexual harassment and violence Support pregnant and parenting students

Two-Thirds of Public Schools Reported Zero Incidents of Sexual Harassment in 2013 14 Info came from the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) for 2013-14. The zeros don t really tell the truth about what is happening in schools. The AAUW report Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment in Schools found that nearly half of students grades 7 12 (and more than half of girls) reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment in the previous school year. In Iowa 59% of districts reported 0 incidents of sexual harassment.

AAUWs Research 48% of middle and high school students surveyed experienced sexual harassment during the 2010-11 school year. Girls were more likely to be harassed than boys (56% vs. 40%). Crossing the Line cover 87% of students who were harassed said it had a negative effect on them.

Why did schools report zeros? States are unaware of requirements Incorrect reporting Lack of resources

Some of the worst problems happen when Schools don t have a Title IX coordinator The coordinator lacks training The coordinator isn t given the authority to oversee compliance

So AAUW Would Like You to Deliver Title IX Materials to Schools A letter to the administrator A letter to the Title IX Coordinator A resource guide for the Title IX Coordinator Find those materials here. If you ask to schedule a meeting and deliver in person, you can have a conversation about what is at stake. Find out who your Title IX Coordinator is here. (The Title IX Coordinator for Waverly-Shell Rock is Bridgette Wagoner, 319-352-3632, bridgette.wagoner@wsr.k12.ia.us)

Letters to Governors Offices AAUW State Presidents are sending letters to their respective governors 42 State Presidents have already done this Note the zeros for sexual harassment reporting Conflicts with Crossing the Line Express concern about inaccurate reporting Ask them to correct incorrect reporting from 2013-14 Ask them to take action to insure that sexual harassment is reported accurately Signed by Lisa Maatz and state president

Letter to Governor Branstad The letter to Governor Branstad acknowledged founding the Governor s Office for Bullying Prevention Less emphasis on correcting info from the past More emphasis on adequately funding the Office for Bullying Prevention Asks for a meeting with someone from governor s office or the Iowa Department of Education Signed by Lisa Maatz, Maureen White, Dev Kiedaisch, and Ann Gale Received an email from Linda Fandel in Governor s office 10/17/2016

Title IX was great for female athletes 1971-72 294,015 girls playing high school sports 2009-10 3,172,637 girls playing high school sports 29,972 women playing college varsity sports 186,460 women playing college varsity sports Title IX increased women s participation in college sports 500 percent between 1972 and 2011

But terrible for female coaches 1972 90% of head coaches for women s teams were women 2011 42.6% of head coaches for women s teams were women

The number of women coaching women has dropped since Title IX In 1973, 90 percent of NCAA women s sports teams had female coaches. Today, that number is 42.6 percent. Between 2000 and 2014, NCAA schools created more than 2,000 new head coaching jobs in women s sports. But 65 percent of those jobs went to men.

Womens Sports at the University of Iowa After Title IX, the University of Iowa was a great place for female coaches because it had a separate athletic department for women until 2000. Gary Barta took over as athletic director in 2006. He fired female coaches with losing records, but kept male coaches who had similar records. Barta replaced two of the five female coaches he fired with men and paid those men 25 percent more than the women they replaced. Three were replaced with other women, and they were paid 13 percent less.

Some Factors Men s sports are more popular than women s sports, and male athletes are assumed to make better coaches. 80% of college athletic directors are men. Their network includes mostly male coaches. Women don t have vocal allies among male coaches.

Solutions? The National Collegiate Athletic Association 700 W. Washington Street P.O. Box 6222 Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6222 Phone: 317-917-6222 Fax: 317-917-6888 Tweet at them @NCAA

Election Election Day is November 8, 2016 18 days from now. So

AAUW Action Fund Provides Useful Voter Guides It s My Vote: AAUW Voter Issue Guide here Find the Voter Guides from AAUW Action Fund here They include candidates for president here Vice president here US Senate from Iowa here US House, Iowa 1st District here Presidential debate bingo cards here

Ask Questions Go to local events when candidates for office make appearances and ask questions. Use the It s My Vote: Voter Issue Guide to create questions for candidates. Ask your candidate if they support or oppose here

Join the AAUW Action Network Sign up on the list, or go online here You will receive action alerts from AAUW Click on a link enter your zip code, and you will have a an email that is ready to send to your representatives in Washington, D.C.

Women Were Never Given the Right to Vote Women fought for and won the right to vote Some women were jailed Went on hunger strikes Were force fed Women can change the outcome of the election this year, so be sure to vote! Early voting has already started

AAUW has new pay gap info Find the Fall 2016 Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap here PowerPoint is available for download here Find Fall 2016 Iowa pay gap information here Includes a federal road map to pay equity what needs to be done at the national level Includes a state road map for Iowa what needs to be done at the state level The AAUW Waverly website already has a lot of good resources for pay equity and other issues. Kudos to your webmaster.