Get Rugby Supported As A Female Varsity Sport At Your Institution!

​ As more females begin to play Rugby, the case for universities and high schools to support it under Title IX continues to grow.   Rugby is the only full-contact, tackle team sport that compares to American Football.  And, it's less expensive to fund.  Research indicates that the sport has Injuries rates are comparable to soccer.
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Resources To Get Started

​Organizations / Websites

• National Coalition for Women & Girls in Education
• Women's Sports Foundation
• National Women's Law Center
• Champion Women
• Sex Equity in Athletics, State of Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (K12)
• ​Title IX Blog
• ​Title IX.info
• Varsity Rugby (may not be up to date)

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Publications

• NCAA Publications​: Guides & Reports on Gender Equity
• Title IX Compliance in Scholastic Athletics (Lee Green, J.D., High School Today, May 2012 NFHS) 
• Where Girls Are Missing Out on High-School Sports (The Atlantic, June 26, 2015)
• ​Title IX at 40: Working to Ensure Gender Equity in Education. (National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, 2012)
• Title IX and the Evolution of High School Sports (Betsy Stevenson)
• U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Educational Statistics (2005). User's Guide to Developing Student Interest Surveys Under Title IX (NCES 2005-173),

Important Legal Cases for Interscholastic Athletics
While court cases involving university athletic programs tend to draw the most national media attention, Title IX applies equally to interscholastic as well as intercollegiate athletics,  The following cases are instructive for school administrators by providing a "blueprint for Title IX compliance by scholastic sports programs" (Lee Green, J.D.).

• Olier v Sweetwater Union HS - US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 2014 Opinion (pdf)
• 2015 (Jul-01) OCR Resolution Agreement with Chicago Public Schools (pdf)
• 2015 (Jan-22) OCR Resolution Agreement with NYC Public Schools (pdf)
• 2012 OCR Resolution Agreement with Houston ISD (webpage)

Data Collection
Higher Education

• Equity in Athletics: Data Analysis (collegiate athletics)
  • Information provided under the "Equity In Athletics Disclosure Act"
  • Reported annually to the US Department of Education

High Schools

• Student Enrollment Data 
  • TEA: PEIMS Standard Reports (Texas K-12)
  • Reports on enrollment, gender, disadvantaged, etc
• Athletic Department Data
  • Open Records Request from Local School Districts
    • You need to do this to get data on athletic participation as well as on athletic spending
    • Texas, as most states, does not have an "Equity In Athletics Disclosure Act" (EADA) for K-12 schools.
    • There is some movement to pass an EADA for high schools at the federal level. Generally, gaps in opportunity at the collegiate level reduced significantly once institution were requited to annually report and publish their data. 
    • See our "Guide to Open Records Requests"