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Address all forms of student harassment
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"Title IX requires complaining parties to meet a particularly tough test. Damages can be won only when a school district has shown 'deliberate indifference.'"  This is in contrast with the standard under [[Section 1983]] of the [[Civil Rights Act]], and in 2009 the [[Supreme Court]] will decide whether both remedies are available for lawsuits against public schools, or only Title IX.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20081201/court01_st.art.htm?POE=click-refer</ref>
 
"Title IX requires complaining parties to meet a particularly tough test. Damages can be won only when a school district has shown 'deliberate indifference.'"  This is in contrast with the standard under [[Section 1983]] of the [[Civil Rights Act]], and in 2009 the [[Supreme Court]] will decide whether both remedies are available for lawsuits against public schools, or only Title IX.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20081201/court01_st.art.htm?POE=click-refer</ref>
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== [[Homosexual Agenda]] ==
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== Harassment ==
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Title IX has been interpreted as prohibiting conduct that is sufficiently serious that it limits or denies a student's ability to benefit from a school's programs.  The prohibition goes beyond official school policies to acts of harassment within the control of the school. For example, it prohibits teachers from sexually harassing students, and it prohibits student-on-student harassment. It is also the basis for lawsuits against institutions alleging discrimination based on sexual orientation.  In 2001 the U.S. Department of Education issued this guideline:
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'''Title IX''' is being increasingly used by the homosexual agenda to justify lawsuits against institutions based on sexual orientation.  In 2001 the U.S. Department of Education issued this guideline:
      
{{cquote|Although Title IX does not prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, sexual harassment directed at gay or lesbian students that is sufficiently serious to limit or deny a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from the school’s program constitutes sexual harassment prohibited by Title IX}}
 
{{cquote|Although Title IX does not prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, sexual harassment directed at gay or lesbian students that is sufficiently serious to limit or deny a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from the school’s program constitutes sexual harassment prohibited by Title IX}}
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