Comment:
James C. Todd, Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments:
Preventing Sex Discrimination in Public Schools, 53 TEXAS L.
REV. 103 (1974).
Abstract:
Public schools are a crucial battleground for the accomplishment
of equality between the sexes, and Title IX is a valuable
resource for confronting continuing sex discrimination in the
area of public education. After chronicling some the challenges
which continue to plague public education in the quest for
equality between the sexes, the author proposes that in order
for Title IX to be effective, regulations promulgated pursuant
to Title IX should accomplish the following: clarification of
coverage; a distinction between higher and higher and lower
education with regard to athletics; a requirement of equal
funding, equipment, and supervision for men’s and women’s
athletics when the two must remain separate; a clarification
that sexist literature may be taken into account in determining
compliance; and, a requirement of goals and a timetable for any
affirmative action plan.