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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

Title IX is a 1972 federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal funding.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

Those disagreements came into sharper relief in B.P.J., where Title IX complicates the analysis.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

He and other justices also grappled with the implications of Title IX, the landmark civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 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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