A hot topic that has resurfaced in the past few years is the law known as Title IX. In 1972, congress passed the Title IX law which states, "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 education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance" (http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/ge, 2002). This law has sparked many controversies throughout the entire nation. The intent of the law is to create equal opportunities for both men and women in both the classroom and in extracurricular activities. The law was intended to create more activities to level the field for the females but in reality has taken many activities away from the males in order to comply with the law.
The Georgia General Assembly has taken the Title IX bill further and created House Bill 1308 which is known as the "Equity in Sports Act."
Women, Sport and Title IX Panel
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HELEN AND ROBERTSTOWN, GEORGIA AREA RESIDENTS WATC...The law states, "No student shall, on the basis of gender, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, be treated differently from another student, or otherwise be discriminated against in any interscholastic or intramural athletics offered by a local school system, and no local school system shall provide any such athletics separately on such basis" (http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/ge/, 2002). The law covers many different aspects on how a school operates its extracurricular activities.
The first item of business for a school system is to designate at least one employee as the sports equity coordinator. The duties of the coordinator include investigating complaints received against the schools involving noncompliance of the law. The coordinator must be up to date with the law as it changes on a regular basis. The coordinator must annually distribute information in regards to the name, address,