The nature of Grove City College v. Bell does not necessarily revolve around a specific instance of sexual discrimination or unequal treatment, but to the extent of Title IX’s coverage. Established by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare In 1972, the latter wording of Title IX, “under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance”, is at interpretation in this case. (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984)
History of this case dates back to 1979, when the HEW sent out documents to every educational institution in the nation to sign, acknowledging their intentions of compliance to Title IX (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984). While almost every school district and university in the nation complied by signing the …show more content…
The Supreme Court agreed that Title IX does apply to Grove City College based on some students receiving federal financial aid (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984). Justice White supports this conclusion by explaining that there is no implication that in enacting Title IX, Congress “perceived a substantive difference between direct institutional assistance and aid receive by a school through its students” (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984). The court does declare however, that for Title IX purposes, the educational program or activity at the college receiving the federal financial aid is subject to governmental regulations, not the entire institution itself (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984). The court supports this by interpreting Title IX to be “program-specific in nature”, opposing the interpretation of the Third Circuit Court (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984). Additionally, the court contends that federal aid towards tuition can be terminated solely because of the college’s refusal to express assurance of compliance with Title IX (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984.) The court explains this finding based on the language of the law itself which entails the college’s required “compliance” to the law not necessarily an occurrence of sexual discrimination (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984). Lastly, the court concluded that the application of Title IX to the college is not violative to the First Amendment of the college (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984). This conclusion was made reasoning that students attending Grove City College are not required to acquire federal financial assistance (Grove City College v. Bell,
History of this case dates back to 1979, when the HEW sent out documents to every educational institution in the nation to sign, acknowledging their intentions of compliance to Title IX (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984). While almost every school district and university in the nation complied by signing the …show more content…
The Supreme Court agreed that Title IX does apply to Grove City College based on some students receiving federal financial aid (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984). Justice White supports this conclusion by explaining that there is no implication that in enacting Title IX, Congress “perceived a substantive difference between direct institutional assistance and aid receive by a school through its students” (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984). The court does declare however, that for Title IX purposes, the educational program or activity at the college receiving the federal financial aid is subject to governmental regulations, not the entire institution itself (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984). The court supports this by interpreting Title IX to be “program-specific in nature”, opposing the interpretation of the Third Circuit Court (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984). Additionally, the court contends that federal aid towards tuition can be terminated solely because of the college’s refusal to express assurance of compliance with Title IX (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984.) The court explains this finding based on the language of the law itself which entails the college’s required “compliance” to the law not necessarily an occurrence of sexual discrimination (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984). Lastly, the court concluded that the application of Title IX to the college is not violative to the First Amendment of the college (Grove City College v. Bell, 1984). This conclusion was made reasoning that students attending Grove City College are not required to acquire federal financial assistance (Grove City College v. Bell,