April 1, 2005

New Policy Clarifies Title IX Rules for Colleges; Women's Group Objects

By WELCH SUGGS

Title IX rules just got a little simpler for some college athletics departments, thanks to a policy clarification issued this month by the U.S. Department of Education. Whether the rules mean that colleges will not have to add more women's teams is being hotly debated.

Women's advocates are furious about the new document, a clarification of regulations issued under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the law banning sex discrimination at institutions receiving federal funds.

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