TITLE IX EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
old boys club - late 1800s
old boys club - sport scholarships for men, impossible for those outside the network to come in
passage of title ix - 1971; more opportunities for women in sports
today - diversified student, education, opportunity to play on a higher level, access to training
coaches and facilities, development for a career in athletics, tutoring, employment
victorian definition of a lady - barriers for participation in sports for women
title ix - prohibits exlcusion from participation in any federally funded program for education on
the basis of sex
title ix - language modeled after the civil rights act; not intended to provide women with athletic
opportunities
athletic financial assistance, equivalence in other athletic benefits and opportunities, effective
accommodation of student interests and abilities - 3 areas of compliance
athletic financial assistance - in compliance if there are as many scholarships for males as females;
if within 1%, still within compliance
equivalence in other athletic benefits and opportunities - provisions of equipment and supplies,
scheduling of games and practice times, travel and per diem allowances, opportunities for tutoring and
compensation of tutoring, provision of locker rooms, practice and competitive facilities, provisions for
medical and training facilities and service, publicity, provision of support services, recruiting
effective accommodation of student interest and abilities - based on the three prong test
whether intercollegiate level participation opportunities for male and female students are provided in
numbers substantially proportionate to their respective enrollments - part 1 of the three prong
test
where one sex is underrepresented among intercollegiate athletes, whether there is a history and
continuing practice of program expansion which is demonstrably responsive to the developing interests
and abilities of the members of society - part 2 of the three prong test
history of program expansion - upgrading club teams, increase in participation, responses to
student requests
continuing practice of program expansion - current implementation, process for requesting new
sport and how the process is communicated to students
ANSWERS
old boys club - late 1800s
old boys club - sport scholarships for men, impossible for those outside the network to come in
passage of title ix - 1971; more opportunities for women in sports
today - diversified student, education, opportunity to play on a higher level, access to training
coaches and facilities, development for a career in athletics, tutoring, employment
victorian definition of a lady - barriers for participation in sports for women
title ix - prohibits exlcusion from participation in any federally funded program for education on
the basis of sex
title ix - language modeled after the civil rights act; not intended to provide women with athletic
opportunities
athletic financial assistance, equivalence in other athletic benefits and opportunities, effective
accommodation of student interests and abilities - 3 areas of compliance
athletic financial assistance - in compliance if there are as many scholarships for males as females;
if within 1%, still within compliance
equivalence in other athletic benefits and opportunities - provisions of equipment and supplies,
scheduling of games and practice times, travel and per diem allowances, opportunities for tutoring and
compensation of tutoring, provision of locker rooms, practice and competitive facilities, provisions for
medical and training facilities and service, publicity, provision of support services, recruiting
effective accommodation of student interest and abilities - based on the three prong test
whether intercollegiate level participation opportunities for male and female students are provided in
numbers substantially proportionate to their respective enrollments - part 1 of the three prong
test
where one sex is underrepresented among intercollegiate athletes, whether there is a history and
continuing practice of program expansion which is demonstrably responsive to the developing interests
and abilities of the members of society - part 2 of the three prong test
history of program expansion - upgrading club teams, increase in participation, responses to
student requests
continuing practice of program expansion - current implementation, process for requesting new
sport and how the process is communicated to students
