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I filed a Title IX complaint against our school district a while back. The most important thing is they’ll look at athletic departments as a whole and not by sport. So baseball can have a nicer field as long as the gymnastics team is of similar quality.
Regarding booster funds, they’re not supposed to give money directly to one sport, but it happens all the time. The trouble with Title IX complaints is the OCR goes by the word of the school district so if you don’t have absolute proof, they’ll believe the district.
My complaint also included the city and availability of baseball vs softball fields for kids. At first I was told the OCR can only look at cases involving school districts. When I pointed out many of the fields were on school district land and only operated by the city they agree to look. While baseball fields with 200 ft fences outnumbers softball 8-0 they sided with the district because the youth baseball organization allowed girls to play so therefore they weren’t discriminating. Total crock of course, but it is what it is.
Entire process from initial date I approached to school district to when the investigation was closed was six years. The district did build two new softball fields for the HS team, but that was about it. The OCR ruled that the district had corrected any other disparities based only on the word of the district and closed the case.
I could go on and on, but doctors want me to keep my blood pressure down
If you want more info or have questions on how to proceed or file a complaint feel free to PM me.
Hope things turn out in the girls favor!
Regarding booster funds, they’re not supposed to give money directly to one sport, but it happens all the time. The trouble with Title IX complaints is the OCR goes by the word of the school district so if you don’t have absolute proof, they’ll believe the district.
My complaint also included the city and availability of baseball vs softball fields for kids. At first I was told the OCR can only look at cases involving school districts. When I pointed out many of the fields were on school district land and only operated by the city they agree to look. While baseball fields with 200 ft fences outnumbers softball 8-0 they sided with the district because the youth baseball organization allowed girls to play so therefore they weren’t discriminating. Total crock of course, but it is what it is.
Entire process from initial date I approached to school district to when the investigation was closed was six years. The district did build two new softball fields for the HS team, but that was about it. The OCR ruled that the district had corrected any other disparities based only on the word of the district and closed the case.
I could go on and on, but doctors want me to keep my blood pressure down
If you want more info or have questions on how to proceed or file a complaint feel free to PM me.
Hope things turn out in the girls favor!
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