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Enacted on June 23rd, 1972

"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

Title IX only addresses schools that receive federal funding, because of this some states have enacted similar laws to prohibit discrimination in athletic events based on gender. The states that have done this are: -Alaska -California -Florida -Georgia -Hawaii -Illinois -Iowa -Maine -Minnesota -Nebraska -New Jersey -New York -Rhode Island -South Dakota -Washington -Wisconsin

Title IX was renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act on October 29th, 2002 upon the death of the law's main author - Congresswoman Patsy Mink.



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