U.S. Supreme Court
SCOTUS will examine scope of Title IX protections and whether civil rights law covers work bias claims
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh whether federally funded school employees can privately sue for sex discrimination under Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments Act, an issue that divides lower courts. (Photo by Allison Robbert/The Washington Post)
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh whether federally funded school employees can privately sue for sex discrimination under Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments Act, an issue that divides lower courts.
The justices granted the request to examine a decision from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Atlanta that Title IX only provides a private right of action for students, not employees.
The Supreme Court’s decision in the case could resolve a split among federal appellate courts on the issue, according to a story by Bloomberg Law.
The 11th Circuit ruled that Congress intended Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to be the only appropriate remedy for school employees to bring bias claims.
The case centers on MaChelle Joseph, who was fired from her job as a women’s basketball coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2019 after filing a complaint alleging discrimination against the basketball team and her over the limited resources compared with the men’s team.
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