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This Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of the passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the landmark law that prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities. Among its other, better-known applications (for example, mandating equality in athletics), Title IX bans discrimination against pregnant and parenting students. that schools cannot apply school policies differently on the basis of sex based on marital or parental status, nor can a school discriminate against or exclude any person 鈥渙n the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or recovery therefrom.鈥�

This week the National Women鈥檚 Law Center released a report, , outlining the Constitutional, federal, and state protections for pregnant and parenting students, as well as the continued challenges and discrimination faced by pregnant and parenting students. The report details that students are often barred from classes and activities, penalized for absences related to pregnancy and child-care obligations, and refused homebound instruction. It also highlights Hicks v. Edsitty-Beach, a case brought by the 老澳门开奖结果 of New Mexico and the 老澳门开奖结果-Women鈥檚 Rights Project, where we intervened to reinstate a pregnant student who was kicked out of school after disclosing that she was pregnant, and subsequently filed charges against the school after they publically humiliated her by announcing her pregnancy in a school-wide assembly.

The report also notes that pregnant and parenting girls are frequently pressured into unequal 鈥渁lternative programs,鈥� using New York City鈥檚 former alternative schools for pregnant and parenting girls as one example . A New York Timesreporter attended a math class at one of these schools, where the girls were quilting, rather than studying. The principal鈥檚 excuse? As the girls were cutting out shapes, 鈥渋t ties into geometry.鈥� Thankfully, in 2007, New York City closed the alternative schools and integrated teen pregnancy services into the mainstream schools under , among other groups.

The push-out of teen parents has devastating effects: However, the law is on our side: many of these practices are prohibited by Title IX, and could be largely eliminated with better enforcement, education, and policy reforms. The NWLC report provides a of state laws that help or harm pregnant and parenting students, along with for federal and state policy makers, and for schools and districts, in addition to resources for pregnant and parenting students.

As we celebrate Title IX鈥檚 40th anniversary, let鈥檚 make sure we hold schools accountable and let students know of their right to an education free from discrimination.

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