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www.FairPlayNow.org is an NWLC campaign with coalition partners to increase compliance with Title IX in K-12 athletics programs by providing students, parents, coaches, advocates, and attorneys with the tools they need to hold their schools accountable for gender equity on the playing fields.

 

Reports and Toolkits:

• Check It Out: Is the Playing Field Level for Women and Girls at Your School? (October 2000)
• Breaking Down Barriers: A Legal Guide to Title IX and Athletic Opportunities (May 2007)
• Barriers to Fair Play (June 2007)
• Keeping Score: Girls' Participation in High School Athletics in Massachusetts (February 3, 2004)
• International Olympic Committee III World Conference on Women and Sport: "Athletics Discrimination: International Remedies" by Marcia D. Greenberger (March 9, 2004)

Fact Sheets:

• The Battle For Gender Equity In Athletics In Elementary and Secondary Schools (February 2010)
• Title IX Still Applies: Gender Equity in Athletics During Difficult Economic Times (August 2009)
• High School Athletics Data Collection Bills of 2009 (June 2009)
• Title IX and Women's Athletic Opportunity: A Nation's Promise Yet To Be Fulfilled (August 2008)
• Title IX and Men's "Minor" Sports: A False Conflict (August 2008)
• Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (June 2007)
• Paying for the Playing Field: Funding, School Sports and Title IX (June 2007)
• Debunking the Myths about Title IX and Athletics (June 2007)
• Support for Title IX Survey Results (June 2007)

Testimony:

• Testimony of Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President, National Women's Law Center, Before the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness of the House Committee on Education and Labor (June 19, 2007)
• Testimony of Jocelyn Samuels Before the United States Commission on Civil Rights Briefing on "Title IX Athletics: Accommodating Interest and Abilities" (May 11, 2007)

 

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