U.S. Department of Education Finds NYC Public School System in Violation of Title IX, Thousands of Girls Missing Opportunity to Play Sports

Investigation of largest public school system in country triggered by Title IX complaint filed by National Women’s Law Center

February 24, 2015

(Washington, D.C.) In response to a complaint filed by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) in 2010, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has found that the New York City Department of Education (the District), which operates the public schools in New York City and is the largest educational system in the United States, has violated Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, by failing to provide high school girls with equal opportunities to play sports as boys.

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