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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsACLU: North Carolina Could Lose $4.5 Billion in Title IX Funding over Bathroom Bill. Nice Work...
http://m.indyweek.com/news/archives/2016/03/23/aclu-north-carolina-could-lose-45-billion-in-title-ix-funding-over-bathroom-bill-nice-work-general-assemblyACLU: North Carolina Could Lose $4.5 Billion in Title IX Funding over Bathroom Bill. Nice Work, General Assembly
If North Carolina moves ahead and passes the bill the special session is considering today, the state could lose billions in Title IX funding.
Title IX is a provision of the 1972 Education Amendments law that says: no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
Title IX applies to any school that receives federal funding, which include about 16,500 local districts, 7,500 postsecondary institutions, "as well as charter schools, for-profit schools, libraries, and museums." In 2014, the Department of Education clarified that transgender students are, in fact, protected under Title IX.
The North Carolina legislature, in its infinite wisdom, is targeting schools as well as cities in its bill.
"It's in jeopardy because the Department of Education prohibits precisely what the legislature is trying to do today," says Susanna Birdsong of the North Carolina ACLU. "Title IX has recently been interpreted that when schools provide separate restrooms for boys and girls, it needs to provide access for transgender students to use the bathroom consistent with gender identity."
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ACLU: North Carolina Could Lose $4.5 Billion in Title IX Funding over Bathroom Bill. Nice Work... (Original Post)
G_j
Mar 2016
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KamaAina
(78,249 posts)1. I also read that PayPal is about to move 300 jobs to NC
Perhaps they will reconsider and keep them across the street from my office.
revbones
(3,660 posts)2. As an NC resident, I've been truly disgusted with the actions of our gov't
But people should also know that this is just the latest in a long string of actions against people that prompted the Moral Mondays protests. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Mondays
Hopefully it will spark some people to come out in Nov.
G_j
(40,367 posts)3. Moral Mondays
and Rev. Barber.
Initech
(100,097 posts)4. These "religious freedom" bills need to go before SCOTUS ASAP.
They are complete bullshit and incredibly unconstitutional.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)5. that is the plan - The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
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hollysmom
(5,946 posts)6. as a donor state, I say think you for your stupidity.