Title IX
The 1972 federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education programmes that receive federal funding, including in athletics and responses to sexual harassment.
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- Office for Civil Rights (OCR) United States
- The office within the U.S. Department of Education that enforces federal civil rights laws in education.
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