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Persuasive Writing Activity Assignment : Title 9 : Discrimination In School

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Persuasive Writing Activity Assignment In 1972 congress passed a law called title 9. Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 is a federal law that 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." I agree that girls and women should be protected from discrimination in schools, colleges and universities. Including school sponsored sports. I personally believe that women should be treated with a little more respect and given more equality in regards to the athletic program. Title 9 forced schools to make sports more equal. Although Lots of girls play sports they were not encourage before. In the early days of title 9 the number of girls playing sports was so low it would have been difficult for schools to suddenly provide exactly the same opportunities for boys and girls. Instead the government wrote rules that gave schools three options or tests to demonstrate fairness in opportunities for girls the three tests are “Proportionality, Progress, and Satisfied interest.” A school can pick which test to follow. The government developed rules to measure equality under two general categories, participation and treatment. Proportionality means that girls should receive the same athletic opportunities as the percentage of girls in the student body. For example If 51% of
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