The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association is seeking to overturn state law that has allowed boys to play on girls’ high school sports teams for decades.
Continue reading...A Title IX suit has been filed against a New York school district claiming the girls’ softball field is not comparable to the minor league stadium where the boys’ baseball team plays its games.
Continue reading...A Colorado jury has found Riddell, a football helmet manufacturer, negligent in failing to warn players about concussion dangers, in a lawsuit brought by the family of a severely injured high school football player.
Continue reading...The Maine Principals’ Association has approved a policy that will permit transgender high school students in Maine to play for sports teams that match their gender identity.
Continue reading...A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has affirmed a federal district court’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of a school district in a suit brought by a teacher/athletic coach claiming she was dismissed as the girls varsity basketball coach and suffered other acts of harassment in retaliation for having previously brought a Title VII sex discrimination suit in regard to the boys varsity basketball coaching position.
Continue reading...ABCNews.com reports that a U.S. District Court judge in Connecticut has again ruled that competitive cheerleading, despite some upgrades, is not a sport, and says Quinnipiac University must remain under an injunction that requires the school to keep its women’s volleyball team.
Continue reading...The Courier-Post reports that the Haddonfield School Board has voted to eliminate the “24/7” student-conduct policy at Haddonfield Memorial High School.
Continue reading...The Associated Press reports on Minnesota Public Radio News that as the federal government pushes schools to include more disabled students in sports, Minnesota offers a map for how to do it and a look at the challenges that come along the way.
Continue reading...According to the Smith Mountain Eagle, the Virginia House of Delegates has voted 56-43 to allow home-school students to play sports at local public schools.
Continue reading...The USA Today reports that the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has sent a letter to school officials across the United States informing school districts that they must give disabled students equal access to extracurricular activities.
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