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The '''proportionality''' test is a [[feminist]]-supported three-part test first adopted under [[Title IX]] by the [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] Administration and then expanded by the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] Administration,<ref>"[I]n 1996, the Education Department issued a 'clarification.' In it, Clinton-administration Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Norma Cantu proposed steps that might be taken to demonstrate compliance with these tests, but left it up to the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights to determine whether those measures were adequate. She designated test one -- the proportionality test -- as a 'safe harbor,' where school administrators had to find shelter if they wanted to be sure they were protected from subjectively derived judgments of noncompliance."[http://shinbone.home.att.net/titleix.2.htm]</ref> which imposes a mindless gender quota on school [[sports]] allegedly for the purpose of complying with [[Title IX]] (in fact, Title IX was never intended to cause this).   

The '''proportionality''' test is a [[feminist]]-supported three-part test first adopted under [[Title IX]] by the [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] Administration and then expanded by the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] Administration,<ref>"[I]n 1996, the Education Department issued a 'clarification.' In it, Clinton Administration Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Norma Cantu proposed steps that might be taken to demonstrate compliance with these tests, but left it up to the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights to determine whether those measures were adequate. She designated test one -- the proportionality test -- as a 'safe harbor,' where school administrators had to find shelter if they wanted to be sure they were protected from subjectively derived judgments of noncompliance."[http://shinbone.home.att.net/titleix.2.htm]</ref> which imposes a mindless gender quota on school [[sports]] allegedly for the purpose of complying with [[Title IX]] (in fact, Title IX was never intended to cause this).   

'''''This test has resulted in the elimination of hundreds of men's wrestling and baseball teams, and even some women's teams in gymnastics and other sports that have relatively small squads'''''.  The test consists of counting the number of male and female participants on the school sports teams, and holds that schools are in compliance with Title IX only if they:

'''''This test has resulted in the elimination of hundreds of men's wrestling and baseball teams, and even some women's teams in gymnastics and other sports that have relatively small squads'''''.  The test consists of counting the number of male and female participants on the school sports teams, and holds that schools are in compliance with Title IX only if they:

==See also==

==See also==

* [[Liberal Denial]]

* [[Liberal Denial]]

 

[[Category:United States Law]]

[[Category:United States Law]]