U.S. 9th CIRCUIT

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was the first comprehensive federal law to prohibit sex discrimination in education. It covers women and men, girls and boys, and staff and students in any educational institution or program that receives federal funds.  You know what’s happened to women’s athletics in our high schools, colleges, and universities as a result of this legislation, but there’s more to be done.

On Tuesday, June 3, 3014 at 9:30 AM in the U.S.  Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the oral arguments will be given for the Title IX athletics case of Ollier vs Sweetwater Union High School District which was originally filed in 2007.  On February 9, 2012, Judge James M. Lorenz ruled in favor of the female athletes determining the school district unfairly favored boys’ sports over girls’ sports at Castle Park High School by giving the boys better athletic facilities, resources and opportunities.