I. Participation
1. Participation Opportunities. Females should have the same opportunities
as males to play sports.
a. Number of students in my school: FEMALE
Number of students in my school: MALE
b. Number of athletes: FEMALE
Number of athletes: MALE
c. Over the last four years, how many new sports for females have been added to
the sports program? (NOTE: If no new sports have been added, write in the word "none.")
d. Number of sports: FEMALE (Note: Count cross country, indoor track and
outdoor track as separate sports.)
Number of sports: MALE (Note: Count cross country, indoor track and outdoor
track as separate sports.)
e. Has your school conducted a survey (asking all students in the school) to find
out what sports they are interested in playing?
II. BENEFITS
2. Equipment and Supplies. Athletes should have the same quality equipment and supplies. Female athletes shouldn't be given "old stuff" while the male athletes get "new and better stuff."
a. The quality and quantity of equipment for male and female teams is the same.
b. The number of practice uniforms and their quality is the same.
c. The number of competitive uniforms and their quality is the same.
3. Scheduling Competitions and Practices. Male and female teams should be able to practice the same number of hours and have the same chance to play at times and days when their parents can attend games.
a. Practice time is equal (hours of practice; days per week; time of day).
b. The number of competitions played by male and female teams are the same.
c. The time at which competitions are held (e.g. 3 p.m. vs. evening; weekday vs weekend) allows the parents of males and females who play sports to see them play.
d. The male and female teams get to play in the same quality (strength of competition) tournaments and league, conference and state championships.
4. Meals. When teams travel, the same amount of meal money and quality of meals should be provided to male and female teams (e.g., female teams shouldn’t eat at fast food spots while male teams eat in restaurants).
a. Pre-game or post-game meals, snacks (or training tables for college athletes) are provided equally.
b. Male and female teams eat in the same type of restaurants.
5. Travel. Travel arrangements should be the same for male and female teams. (Example: Parents or coaches should not have to drive female teams while male teams get buses with professional drivers).
a. Transportation (vans, buses) is equally available and driven by qualified persons. If air travel is required, both male and female teams should be able to fly.
b. If an athletic trip is an "overnight," housing (motels, hotels) for male and female teams is of the same quality and the number of athletes in each room is the same.
6. Academic Help. Study halls and one-on-one tutoring for male and female athletes should be provided on the same basis.
a. If tutors are provided for athletes, tutors are provided on the same basis for male and female athletes.
b. If tutors are provided for athletes, tutors are provided on the same basis for male and female athletes.
7. Coaches. Schools must provide the same number and the same quality coaches for male and female teams. Ask your coach for answers to items
a through
f.
a. The same quality coaches are provided for male and female teams.
b. Coaches receive equal salaries for equal work.
c. Coaches have equal "other duties" (e.g. teaching vs. full-time coaching).
d. If you count all the coaches of male teams and all the coaches of female teams, there are almost equal numbers of male and female coach role models available.
e. Assistant coaches are equally available for male and female teams.
f. Instructional equipment (video tapes, films, etc) is equally available to male and female teams.
8. Locker Rooms, Practice and Competitive Facilities. All athletes should have access to safe and effective facilities.
a. The size, location (on-campus vs. off-campus) and quality of gyms, playing fields, outdoor and indoor courts and pools are comparable for male and female teams.
b. The condition (clean floors, good lighting, grass cut, access to bathrooms, access to drinking water, etc.) of practice and competitive facilities for male and female teams are equally as good.
c.The quality and size of locker rooms for male and female teams are comparable.
d. Spectator seating and scoreboards are equally provided in the facilities used by male and female teams.
9. Medical and Training Services. Male and female teams are provided equal training rooms, trainers and access to medical services. Ask your coach for the answer to item
d.
a. Weight training and conditioning facilities are equally available (at convenient times) and are of equal quality.
b. Medical personnel are equally available to conduct physical examinations, and physical exams are provided equally for to male and female teams.
c. Athletic trainers are equally available to provide rehabilitation and prevention services (taping, etc.), and are present at competitive events and practices for like sports (i.e., boys’ basketball and girls’ basketball).
d. Health, accident and injury insurance are equally available.
10. Publicity. Schools should provide comparable publicity and sports information personnel for male and female athletes.
If the school newspaper sends a reporter to cover the male tennis team, it should provide the same quality coverage for the female tennis team.
If the yearbook covers sports, there should a comparable number of male and female athlete photos and stories. If the pep band and cheerleaders
appear at male athletic events, they should be at female competitions too.
a. Coverage in school papers and school media is equivalent.
b. Cheerleaders and pep rallies are equally provided for male and female sports.
c. Pep bands are equally provided for male and female sporting events.
d. Trophy cases are equivalent and provided for both male and female sports.
e. Comparable language is used to describe teams and individuals (not "the basketball team" and the "girls team").
f. Athletic awards and recognition and/or awards banquets and ceremonies are comparable.
g. Posters, banners, public address announcements, etc. are equally provided for male and female sport teams.
11. Administrative and Support Services. The amount and type of support provided to coaches has a direct impact on the time and attention coaches give to athletes. Do some coaches have to "do it all," including paperwork, hiring officials, lining fields, setting up the gym, etc., while others have school staff members handle these elements? Ask your coach how he or she would answer items
a through
f.
a. Equipment and laundry managers are equally available to male and female sport teams.
b. Quality officials are equally provided (referees, umpires and linespersons).
c.Secretarial and office support is available at equal levels.
d. Administrators and school personnel both support and attend games at comparable levels for female and male sports.
e. Office resources are comparable (telephone, computer, FAX, copying, etc.).
f. Managers and support personnel are equally assigned to male and female teams.
12. Recruiting. Male and female athletes should be recruited using similar methods and resources.
a. The policies regarding recruitment and the methods used are equal for male and females athletes.
b. The numbers of prospective student-athletes who visit the campus and the quality of their visits (meals, transportation, entertainment, etc.) are equal for male and female teams.
III. FUNDING
13. Funding. The only equal expenditure requirements of Title IX are in the area of scholarships. Dollars expended must be proportional to the number of male and female student-athletes. However, vastly unequal budgetary allocations usually result in unequal treatment and therefore suggest inequality concerns.
a. Booster clubs exist equally for male and female sport teams or, if there is one umbrella booster club, it equally supports male and female teams.
b. Overall budgets (including money from booster clubs) provide for equal treatment of male and female teams.
c. Athletic awards (letters, plaques, jackets, sweaters, travel bags, rings, etc.) are provided equally to male and female athletes.
d. High schools award college scholarships to graduating athletes and colleges award scholarships to athletes participating in their athletic programs. Ask your athletic director for information to answer the following question.
Total scholarship dollars provided to all male athletes
Total scholarship dollars provided to all female athletes
IV. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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