Title IX Claim Against Chadron State College Can Proceed to Trial
By Courtney L. Flowers, Ph.D. and Dwalah Fisher, Ed.D.
In 2017, the parents of a Chadron State College (CSC) softball player filed a Title IX lawsuit in the US District court against the institution. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a) et seq. is a federal statute banning discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded educational programs.
The plaintiffs’ daughter Fatima Larios committed suicide after being physically and emotionally abused