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Title IX

American  

noun

  1. a clause in the 1972 Education Act stating that no one shall because of sex be denied the benefits of any educational program of activity that receives direct federal aid.


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Title IX – a landmark piece of legislation – stipulates that all educational institutions in the United States spend equal amounts on women's sports provision as they do on men's.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The Department of Education warned that San José State risks “imminent enforcement action” if it doesn’t voluntarily resolve the Title IX violations by taking action five ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

The year was 2018, and Lawrence Krauss, the prominent physicist and scholar of the cosmos, was facing a Title IX investigation at Arizona State University.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

Taken together, the arguments in Hecox and B.P.J. suggest a court searching for a way to uphold sex-based sports classifications without issuing a sweeping pronouncement about transgender status under the Constitution or Title IX.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

“We are diligent in our Title IX compliance. We take this very seriously. There’s no room for mistreating people here.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

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