Court: School Districts Must Move Girls’ Soccer to Fall
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s finding that two New York State school districts violated Title IX when they scheduled the boys soccer season in the fall and the girls soccer season in the spring, thus depriving the girls program of a chance to compete in post-season competition.
The panel of judges leaned heavily on the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) interpretation of Title IX's implementing regulations, 34C.F.R. 106.41