Title IX: Lawsuit Thrown Out

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'HARRISONBURG, Va. — A group fighting against JMU’s Title IX cuts to varsity teams announced plans to appeal a court’s Dec. 30 decision to throw out their case against James Madison University.

A federal court struck down a lawsuit brought by Equity in Athletics, a non-profit and tax exempt status, for JMU’s relegating 10 varsity athletic teams to club status in July 2007 to comply with Title IX’s requirements for gender equality in federally funded education programs.

Larry Joseph, an attorney for EIA based in Washington, D.C., said he was not surprised by Judge Glen Conrad’s decision to throw out the case.

“He basically showed his hand at the beginning of the trial,” Joseph said.

The Equal Opportunity in Education Act, better known as Title IX, was made a federal law in 1972. It stated no person may be discriminated against for his or her gender in a federally funded school activity. Although this certainly applies to academics, most of Title IX’s publicity has come from the world of athletics.'