Title IX
Historical Setting In 1972, the U.S. Department of Education passed Title IX; thus ensuring equal opportunities for both sexes in educational institutions. This title came during a time of revolution, and society fighting for equality in all aspects of life. At this time in society, women were consistently given unequal opportunities in education, starting from primary school. The title was created to provide opportunities, in an attempt to decrease an advantage one sex held over the other. The title was approached cautiously to help prevent alienation of the students, and created in a manner to promote growth and possibilities.
Where Title IX is Applied and the Exemptions
• Title IX made it so that no person should be …show more content…
Majority of today’s society can easily associate this title with collegiate sports, but it expands far beyond this. Title IX has evened out the playing field in all federally funded education programs or activities. With this title, schools were no longer able to discriminate or stereotype students based on gender. It opened up opportunities for women to begin branching out, and encouraged them to succeed in areas that were male dominated. In primary schools, this could be seen by providing female students with more help in math and science classes. Later on in their educational journey, they would no longer be required to partake in classes such as homemaking and art. This title also helped out the male students by now allowing them to become prepared to enter female dominated career paths, such as teaching and nursing. Title IX has also helped with equality in the workplace. This is due to the creation of equal opportunities created by equal educations. It has also evolved to include fighting off sexual assault and harassment in the work …show more content…
This statute is related to promoting awareness to parents and/or guardians with children in primary, middle, junior, and secondary schools about mental health intervention/prevention, substance abuse intervention/prevention, and suicide prevention. The statute is about notifying parents if their child shows any of the early signs at being at risk for mental health issues, substance abuse, or suicide. It came into law recently, due to the uprising issues such as bullying, which can easily create a destructive path for students to go down. This is also to help give parents or guardians give their child(ren) the appropriate help if needed.
How the Statute is Broken Down
• The Health & Safety Department, Texas Education Agency, and regional education service centers will work together to compile a lists of programs regarding mental health, substance abuse, and suicide prevention for schools. The district must choose programs from the list to implement. The information must be easily accessible. o programs must include early mental health intervention, mental health promotion & positive youth development, substance abuse prevention, substance abuse intervention, and suicide prevention
• School districts must ensure that all of their employees attend training to recognize students and behaviors that may categorize them as at risk. o Concerning behaviors include: students who are being bullied,
Historical Setting In 1972, the U.S. Department of Education passed Title IX; thus ensuring equal opportunities for both sexes in educational institutions. This title came during a time of revolution, and society fighting for equality in all aspects of life. At this time in society, women were consistently given unequal opportunities in education, starting from primary school. The title was created to provide opportunities, in an attempt to decrease an advantage one sex held over the other. The title was approached cautiously to help prevent alienation of the students, and created in a manner to promote growth and possibilities.
Where Title IX is Applied and the Exemptions
• Title IX made it so that no person should be …show more content…
Majority of today’s society can easily associate this title with collegiate sports, but it expands far beyond this. Title IX has evened out the playing field in all federally funded education programs or activities. With this title, schools were no longer able to discriminate or stereotype students based on gender. It opened up opportunities for women to begin branching out, and encouraged them to succeed in areas that were male dominated. In primary schools, this could be seen by providing female students with more help in math and science classes. Later on in their educational journey, they would no longer be required to partake in classes such as homemaking and art. This title also helped out the male students by now allowing them to become prepared to enter female dominated career paths, such as teaching and nursing. Title IX has also helped with equality in the workplace. This is due to the creation of equal opportunities created by equal educations. It has also evolved to include fighting off sexual assault and harassment in the work …show more content…
This statute is related to promoting awareness to parents and/or guardians with children in primary, middle, junior, and secondary schools about mental health intervention/prevention, substance abuse intervention/prevention, and suicide prevention. The statute is about notifying parents if their child shows any of the early signs at being at risk for mental health issues, substance abuse, or suicide. It came into law recently, due to the uprising issues such as bullying, which can easily create a destructive path for students to go down. This is also to help give parents or guardians give their child(ren) the appropriate help if needed.
How the Statute is Broken Down
• The Health & Safety Department, Texas Education Agency, and regional education service centers will work together to compile a lists of programs regarding mental health, substance abuse, and suicide prevention for schools. The district must choose programs from the list to implement. The information must be easily accessible. o programs must include early mental health intervention, mental health promotion & positive youth development, substance abuse prevention, substance abuse intervention, and suicide prevention
• School districts must ensure that all of their employees attend training to recognize students and behaviors that may categorize them as at risk. o Concerning behaviors include: students who are being bullied,