Full Text of HR0733 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the 50th anniversary of the | 4 | | passage of Title IX and celebrate its history and impact; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, | 6 | | popularly referred to as Title IX, was passed on June 23, 1972, | 7 | | codifying protection from discrimination based on sex in | 8 | | educational programs, stating that " No person in the United | 9 | | States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from | 10 | | participation in, denied the benefits of, or be subjected to | 11 | | discrimination under any education program or activity | 12 | | receiving federal financial assistance"; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Title IX applies to schools, local and state | 14 | | educational agencies, and other institutions that receive | 15 | | federal financial assistance, including approximately 17,600 | 16 | | local school districts, over 5,000 postsecondary institutions, | 17 | | charter schools, for-profit schools, libraries, and museums, | 18 | | and requires that these recipients operate their education | 19 | | programs and activities in a nondiscriminatory manner free of | 20 | | discrimination based on sex, including sexual orientation and | 21 | | gender identity; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Recipients of federal financial assistance have |
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| 1 | | Title IX obligations in many key areas, including recruitment, | 2 | | admissions, and counseling, financial assistance, athletics, | 3 | | sex-based harassment, sexual violence, treatment of pregnant | 4 | | and parenting students, treatment of LGBTQI+ students, | 5 | | discipline, single-sex education, and employment; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Before Title IX, women were often excluded from | 7 | | or had only limited access to higher education programs, as | 8 | | colleges and universities set quotas for the admission of | 9 | | women or prohibited them altogether, and women who were | 10 | | accepted often had the requirement of higher test scores and | 11 | | grades for their admission; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Discrimination based on sex did not cease after | 13 | | admission; often, women had less access to scholarships and | 14 | | were excluded from "male" programs, such as medicine; they | 15 | | also faced more restrictive rules than their male peers, such | 16 | | as early curfews; this resulted in a college graduation rate | 17 | | for women of eight percent, which was almost half that of men | 18 | | in 1970; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Since 1972, educational attainment rates among | 20 | | women have increased; as of 2020, the percentage of women who | 21 | | had completed at least high school increased to 95 percent, | 22 | | the percentage with an associate's degree increased to 50 | 23 | | percent, the percentage with a bachelor's degree increased to |
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| 1 | | 39 percent, and the percentage with a master's or higher | 2 | | degree increased to nine percent; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Prior to Title IX, there were less than half a | 4 | | million girls participating in high school athletics, and | 5 | | collegiate sports teams and scholarships were overwhelmingly | 6 | | reserved for men's athletics; women's sports often received | 7 | | less than five percent of the overall athletics budget at | 8 | | colleges and universities, and only 15 percent of women in | 9 | | college participated in an organized or competitive sport; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The number of girls participating in high school | 11 | | sports has increased by ten times the amount prior to Title | 12 | | IX's adoption and now comprises 42 percent of high school | 13 | | athletes, and a quarter of college women now participate in a | 14 | | much wider variety of sports that receive dramatically | 15 | | increased funding; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, While Title IX has made several necessary and | 17 | | welcomed advancements in the protection against sexual | 18 | | discrimination, there is still work to be done for the next | 19 | | generation of students, including addressing research that has | 20 | | discovered the difference between girls and boys sports is | 21 | | significantly greater when the student body is predominantly | 22 | | comprised of racial and ethnic minorities, the education and | 23 | | pay gap that exists between degrees dominated by men and those |
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| 1 | | dominated by women, and the sexual harassment and | 2 | | discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | 3 | | that continue to plague students at all levels; therefore, be | 4 | | it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 6 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we recognize the impact of this historic legislation that is | 8 | | now in its 50th year, and we recommit ourselves and the State | 9 | | of Illinois to the ideals of the Title IX legislation and will | 10 | | work to build upon its foundation to continue and expand the | 11 | | protection of equal rights.
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