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We've got our eye on a number of complaints reportedly filed with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights targeting sex discrimination in athletics in the state of South Carolina.  One complaint names the South Carolina Department of Education, while a separate round of complaints addresses particular disparities at 20 school districts in the state.  The media hasn't yet reported much detail about this, other than to note that OCR is in the early stages of intake with the earlier-filed SCDOE.

In June, OCR settled a Title IX complaint against the Spartanburg, South Carolina school district, in a manner requiring the district's Boiling Springs and Chesnee High School to change the manner in which they schedule double-header basketball games so that girls have equal opportunity to the prime time slot.  No word yet on whether similar allegations are included in the recent complaints.

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Crimson says:

The unfortunate trend of Title IX zealots at the state level filing mass complaints with the OCR continues. If anyone reading this is familiar with the history of this strategy in the Pacific Northwest they will note that those complaints, as a group, were rejected by the courts as being unjustified.

The sorry Title IX complaint made in Spartanburg relative to the order in which boys and girls varsity double-header BB games are scheduled is laughable at any sane level. A fact that is clearly reflected in comments in the linked article. It is obvious that these efforts are being driven by out-of-state special interests which Ms. Buzuvis continues to advocate for.

This practice of leveraging the OCR to intimidate local school districts into the politically correct handling of these issues should concern any citizens concerned about the intrusion of the Federal government into States and personal rights.

Monday, September 10, 2012 at 1:54pm EDT

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