Laws & Regulations

What is Title IX?  

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces, among other statutes, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. Title IX states:

 

    "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be 

    denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or 

    activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

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The Ohio Department of Education complies with all Federal laws and regulations prohibiting discrimination, and with all requirements of the U.S. Department of Education.

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The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) is in compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq. (Title IX), and its implementing regulation, at 34 C.F.R. Part 106, which prohibits discrimination based on sex. The ODE, as a recipient of federal financial assistance from the United States Department of Education (USDOE), is subject to the provisions of Title IX. ODE does not discriminate based on gender in employment or in any educational program or activity that it operates.