Danica Patrick wins, Bush Dilutes Title IX

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Subject: Danica Patrick wins, Bush Dilutes Title IX

While Danica Patrick makes history for women in sports, see today's NY Times sports page article by Selena Roberts about how Title IX (compliance allowing girls to compete and whether institutions were obeying law), was diluted without public knowledge making it unfairly difficult for girls to equally compete. This dilution and change was disingenuously mislabled by Education Dept.

Again, Bush, through , has quietly slipped women a Mickey just as Patrick makes history. Democrats should jump all over this. Imagine the swing votes here??

This is another example of Administration saying one thing and quietly and sneakily doing another. Making it more difficult to allow girls to compete fairly by changing and diluting the standards just as a woman courageously proves that women can compete at any level. Where and how to make the administration responsible and show them up ...

... In March, with no public notice, the United States Education Department handed public schools what was essentially an escape route from Title IX compliance by allowing an interest survey of girls to determine whether institutions were obeying the law in providing equal sports opportunities.

... Two years, and one election, after the Bush administration was pressured by the public into leaving Title IX as it was, it has changed policy in what has been disingenuously mislabeled as a clarification by the Education Department.

A Heady Apex for Women, but Is a Dead End Just Ahead? (NY Times)

Mitzi
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all our hard work for girls down the drain
http://www.buzzflash.com/mailbag/05/06/mai05145.html

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[FloridaPat]

1. Reagan and Bush 1 screwed Title IX too by removing the enforcement

money from the budget. I learned about it during the Clinton years. I was wondering what the supreme idiot was going to do to get rid of it. Then there were all those complaints right after * got into the White House saying it was unfair to men because schools have to have sports for both sexes but the women weren't interested so it was a waste of money and there was no money for all the boys that wanted to play sports.