Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Office
Compliance with Title IX
by the National Federation of State High School
Associations (NFHS)
Contents: Definition of a Sport | Keeping
One Step Ahead of OCR Investigations | Participation
Opportunities |
Resources
For Title IX inquiries within
ASD
contact Margo Bellamy in
the EEO office at 907-742-4130 |
Definition of a Sport
The Office for Civil Rights
(OCR) can review, on a case-by-case basis, any information pertinent to the determination of
whether an activity should be considered interscholastic sport. Among the issues considered
by the OCR are the following:
Is the Activity:
- Recognized and governed by the state association (ASAA)?
- Sponsored for the primary purpose of preparing for and engage
in in the athletic competition against other similar teams?
- Scheduled during a regular season with definite starting and ending
dates as set by the state association?
- Governed by a specific set of rules published by a state or national
organization?
Does the Activity:
- Prepare for and engage its participants in competition the same
way other teams in the interscholastic athletic program prepare
and engage participants?
- Require that participants receive coaching?
- Require team tryouts, regular practice sessions and regularly
scheduled athletic competitions?
- Base selection for the team on factors related primarily to athletic
ability?
- Assign trained and certified officials/judges who have met a certification
standard?
- Follow a competition structure like other sports to the state
championship level?
- Stand alone as the primary event without being scheduled simultaneously
with another event?
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