Title IX: Ensuring Equity in Education for Women and Girls
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is the federal statute prohibiting sex discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. AAUW strongly supports Title IX and opposes any efforts that would weaken its effectiveness or undermine its enforcement. AAUW’s 2007-2009 Public Policy Program "…advocates vigorous enforcement of Title IX and all other civil rights laws pertaining to education."1
The law 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 educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance."2
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AAUW Public Policy and Government Relations
1 AAUW. (July 2007). 2007 – 09 AAUW Public Policy Program. Retrieved December 6, 2007, from http://www.aauw.org/advocacy/issue_advocacy/upload/2007-09-PPP-brochure.pdf.
2 Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C, § 1681-1688 (1972).
