North Haven Board Of Education V. Bell

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North Haven Board of Education v. Bell Supreme Court Cite as: 456 U.S. 512 (1982) Keywords: Title IX, employment, sex discrimination, federal funds, federal financial assistance Facts Two Connecticut public school boards brought separate suits challenging the Department of Health of Education and Welfare's (HEW) authority to issue Title IX that prohibit federally funded institutions from discriminating on the basis of gender with respect to employment. Petitioners contend that the scope of Title IX was not meant to reach the employment practices of educational institutions. Issue Does Title IX reach the employment practices of education institutions? Holding Relying on legislative history, the Court found that Title IX does protect employees as well as students from discrimination on the basis of gender by federally financed education programs. The Court also held that termination of petitioners federal funds for such discrimination were subject to the programspecific limitation set forth under ยง902 of Title IX, but remanded the case to the District Court for further proceedings on this issue. Summarized by: Matt Bower

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