Title IX

Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, formerly known as the Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act. The law was renamed by President George W. Bush on October 29, 2002 upon the death of the law's author, Patsy T. Mink. It was instituted in 1972 and eventually expanded to prohibit gender discrimination in any United States educational institution. Originally, it had focused on equality in sports opportunities and called for the increase of college scholarships of women to ensure parity with male athletes.

External links

• "The Case for Requiring a Proportionality Test to Assess Compliance with Title IX in High School Athletics," Northern Illinois University Law Review, vol. 23, No. 1 (fall 2002)