The case brought by former basketball coach Amber Parker, on behalf of her daughters, against the Indiana High School Athletic Association and Franklin County schools is moving forward. A federal district court decided the case would proceed to trial. But the defendants are still waiting on a motion they filed that argues the case violates the 11th amendment. [I'm pretty sure that's not going to work out for them, but I am not the legal expert.]
Last we had heard about the case, Parker was looking for a lawyer. She appears to have found one and is set to make the IHSAA take responsibility for their history of discriminatory scheduling.
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The more I learn about the ins and outs of Title IX (and Title VI) investigations, the more pessimistic I become about the ability of these...
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Three former employees of Feather River College (Quincy, California) pressed their Title IX retaliation claims at a two-week hearing before...
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In the wake of the Quinnipiac case, in which it seemed that the university somewhat spitefully cut men's track and field when it was tol...
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The NCAA has come out with a very clear position on sexual relationships between coaches and student-athletes. They are wrong. They are a ...