Bush Lacks Title IX Compliance

Seems that the bush administration lacks the will to enforce
the Title IX compliance. When will this administration start
upholding the constitution that it was sworn to do. The article
below explains the situation.


Noting that the government initiated only one of the 416 complaints filed about Title IX compliance in athletics from 2002 to 2006, the co-president of the National Women's Law Center testified Tuesday before a congressional subcommittee that stronger oversight is required. The single review was cited by Marcia Greenberger as evidence that the Bush administration has "a record substantially below that of the preceding administration" in backing Title IX, which in part protects women from discrimination in athletics. She called for congressional oversight of the Office for Civil Rights branch of the Department of Education, which has the responsibility for enforcing Title IX and other civil rights laws.

Katherine McLane, press secretary for the Department of Education, declined to be specific in responding to criticism from the law center, saying that under the Bush administration, the OCR created a policy of investigating every claim that the office receives. She also lauded the OCR's outreach program, which is designed to teach administrators Title IX regulations."They try to head a lot of this stuff off at the pass, which we hope is reflected in a reduction of cases," McLane said.Greenberger said the law center's research — it obtained documents on all the complaints through a Freedom of Information Act request — showed the OCR failed to respond to complaints in a timely manner.





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