Indiana High School Athletic Association Vs Durham Case Study

The School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Massachusetts Department of Education, case happened through the U.S. Supreme Court in April 1985. Under the provisions of the Education of the Handicapped Act, the state and local public schools agencies must provide children with disabilities and their parents or guardians with the access for a proper education. The state must provide an appropriate safeguard that will be able to ensure free and sophisticated support inside the classroom for students who fall under the EHA category. Michael Panico was a handicapped man under the EHA, his poor performance and the school’s inability to handle Panico’s needs led his parents to have him change schools. The Massachusetts Department of Education

The appeal was sent to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mercer was the appellant and Duke and Goldsmith were the appellees. Duke and Goldsmith argued that because football was a contact sport, it was therefore excluded from Title IX coverage. Duke and Goldsmith said that under 34 CFR Sec. 106.41. Athletics, subsection (b) stated that:

Assuming that the school district was not justified in its actions, does Susie have a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983?

In some cases a schools decision to cut sports in order to comply with Title IX has lead to a lawsuit. An example of this would be Miami University. The university formed a committee to address the issue of Title IX compliance and hired a consultant as well. "The committee and consultant determined that in order to comply with Title IX, the university had the option of eliminating a few sports for men. As a result, the university eliminated the men's soccer, wrestling and tennis teams, effective at the end of the 1999 spring semester (Challenge 2002)." On November 18, 1999, the plaintiffs filed a complaint against the defendants, claming that the defendants' elimination of the men's wrestling, tennis and soccer programs at Miami University, a state university of the State of Ohio and a recipient of federal funds, constituted gender discrimination in violation of the 20 U.S.C.& et seq. And violated their rights to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment (United 2002). The court found that the plaintiffs failed

Having reviewed the case Hurry V. Jones 734 F.2d 879 (1st Cir. 1984), at first reading of the case and with my novice awareness of the law I am seriously concerned as to why this ever went to court. IDEA and the constitution of the United States guarantee that students will receive a free public education no matter what their handicaps. The District should have provided some method by which this student could be educated. I am aware that people exceeding George’s weight are regularly transported to varying places if not by bus, by ambulance and other vehicles. A student like George needs all of the education

Plaintiff – “The plaintiff is defending a nineteen-year-old Latino male who was admitted to UMCP in the fall of 1989. As an applicant to UMCP, claimant had an accomplished scholastic record: his Scholastic Aptitude Test score was 1340, out of a possible 1600; his grade point average as calculated by his high school was over 4.0 (as calculated by UMCP, his grade point average was 3.56); and he actively participated in several extracurricular activities.” (Podberesky v. Kirwan, 956F. 2d-52- court of Appeals, 4th Circuit 1992, 1992) Because of his academic pedigree, the Hispanic male wants to be considered for admittance as well as university scholarships. The scholarship that he would like to be considered for is for African American students until it was revised to include minority students.

In Baker v. Meyer, Matthew M. Meyer (“Father”) requested a modification (February 2014) to the original parenting plan in order for two of the minor children to attend an out of state boarding school (one re-enrolling and one enrolling for the first year). Deborah C. Baker (“Mother”) originally objected to both boys going to school out of state, but

“Only 8% of high school athletes go to the next level.” There are very few kids that will pick a school sport over a travel/AAU sport. A sport of choice is anyone's decision, but who you play for could be a big factor. Kids from all around the world play travel sports trying to improve on specific skills. This could lead kids into not playing for their own high school team, but going and playing for someone trying to gain recognition or get a higher level of competition. The cycle of kids abandoning their team for a travel team needs to stop; it is taking away from the community as a whole and MHSAA should issue restrictions against students choosing travel leagues over school sports.

This case started because of a flaw in the Public Law 94-142. This law stated that every child had the right to free and appropriate education in a least restrictive environment.

In the present case, Park City University has failed to show history and continuing practice of expanding opportunities for women athletes. Unlike Cohen, Part City University cannot establish that it has a great history of program expansion for the underrepresented sex. In Cohen, the court found that Brown had a history of expansion because it implemented 14 women’s programs between 1971 and 1977, followed by their last program expansion in 1982. In contrast, in the present case Park City University implemented just seven women’s teams between 1970 and 1990 followed by their last expansion in 2003. In comparison to Cohen, Park City University added just half number of teams in almost twenty years of the time period. Additionally, applying the court’s reasoning of Cohen in the present case, Park City University failed to continue to expand its program in response to the interests and abilities of women, since it did not make efforts to increase opportunity for women athletes for the time period of 22 years. If Park City University had added women's teams between 1990 and 2003, and then refused to establish women's golf team, the court would find Park City University in compliance with the continuing practice of program expansion requirement. Since, it is apparent that Park City University had failed to provide a history and continuing practice of program expansion for females, it did not satisfy the prong two tests under Title IX three-part test.

Today the committee revealed the four playoff teams. Their decision set the party guest list. A closer examination revealed one flaw. A missing party member capable of alternating the event. Iowa was supposed to be the dark horse. The school destined to crash the party. Instead the Hawkeyes are the latest compelling what if sports story. A`la the 01 Seattle Mariners. While Sparty prepares for battle Iowa, the Big10, and the playoff committee will look towards next year.

My organization is the Sam Houston State University Athletic Department. The offices are located in the Ron Mafrige Field House at Elliott T. Bowers Stadium, in Huntsville. The Athletic Department has about 73 employees.

I think the case demonstrated the dangers of not creating a least restrictive environment (LRE) which led to a failure to provide required accommodations for students with disabilities (the student being Douglas Doe). The setting for Douglas Doe was not a least restrictive environment and as a consequence he did not have an equal chance to succeed in a typical class setting like the other students in his class which caused him to fail the class and be ineligible for athletics. The decision was justified in the end simply because Douglas Doe was not given/provided the needed supports and services in order to succeed like the other

There was not a real choice for the parents unless they researched on their own and use a different method of negotiation. However, the parents kept the negotiation method as explained by Fisher and Ury (2011), “the soft negotiation game emphasizes the importance of building and maintaining a relationship” (p. 9). They knew that if they were unsuccessful while defending their claims, the district could not pay Jerry’s education. However, they did not know all the rights that they had available to fight the decision.

I will be assisting in daily operations in East Coweta High School's athletic department. This will include confirming transportation arrangements, meal arrangements, organization of gate money and tickets. The organization of event workers and special events such as the homecoming parade, senior night, and others for multiple sports. I will also be creating an organized sponsership plan to present to local businesses, and help create an athletic alumni organization.