to Susan. As a teacher, it is my responsibility to meet with the principal to discuss this issue in order to protect my students and provide a safe environment. I will be using the legal standards Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title IX as well as case law to argue that Susan has the right to use the girls’ restroom and unless students
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5 years of my life wrongfully incarcerated as a result of being wrongfully accused by a fellow female student while I was attending the University of Iowa in the fall of 2010 and being to found to have violated the “Student Conduct Code” after a Title IX Administrative Hearing. The personal experiences I will detail below will highlight the inherent prejudices or and distorted perceptions the various actors were influenced by during my wrongful accusation and conviction. Prior
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law of the United States. The most recent legislation that specifically deals with sex-based discrimination is found in the Education Amendment of 1972, most commonly known as Title IX. This Amendment “prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity,” (“Overview of Title IX…”). The intention was to prevent sex-based discrimination in any public school or public school program, meaning after school activities must be inclusive, there must be an even
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You are the chief of police in a city of 250,000 residents. Within the last 18 months there have been three well-documented cases of suicide by cop (suicidal persons who engage in life threatening behavior to force officers to shoot them to end their own lives)within your jurisdiction. Would you develop a policy to help police officers deal with this issue, and if so what would you include in that policy? Incidents in which police officers shoot and kill citizens often provoke substantial controversy
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traveling through sea and passing straight through hell, they have also earned the title of being respectable heroes. According to The Odyssey, it is shown that a hero has a quality of being a risk taker; a trait Odysseus demonstrates throughout his journey. When Odysseus stabbed the Cyclopes in the eye, it is considered a huge, bold risk “Straight forward they sprinted, lifting it, and rammed it deep in his crater eye” (book IX. 380-381). Odysseus knew if he didn’t act quick, him and his men would live
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presenting your sources and your ideas effectively to readers. According to Graff and Birkenstein, the first element in the process involves “entering a conversation about ideas” between you—the writer—and your sources to reflect your critical thinking (ix). The templates allow you, the writer, to organize your ideas in relationship to your thesis, supporting evidence, opposing evidence, and the conclusion of the argument. The Most Important Templates: On the one hand, __________. On the other hand
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academically, and support both women and men to participate in school athletics (Andersen, 2015). Although many wins have occurred in the women’s movement because of this amendment, many failures have also ensued after the enactment of the law. “Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal law prohibiting sec discrimination in federally funded education programs and activates” (Andersen, 2015 pg.298). This basically means that the state must fund women and men equally in sports and allow
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One of the most debated topics across all Division I colleges nationwide is whether or not college athletes should be compensated for their impact on the revenue of the school from sports. Many schools call sports the “front porch” of their campuses, bringing in the bulk of their revenue, creating nearly free advertising, and attracting students that would otherwise not attend their school. A 2009 court case brought this issue to light when a former college player sued the NCAA and EA Games for using
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As you read this sentence, someone is being raped on an American college campus. Imagine for a moment if you weren’t reading this sentence, and instead being a victim of rape? The question makes anyone’s body shiver, yet it doesn’t cross our mind when our parents drop us to college that we are entering a world as wild as one can imagine. Our excitement and hope at this new stage in life is unexplainable, but while we are glooming with happiness our parents are entering an alarming state of unease
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PRIVATE REMEDIES Civil Law * written codes which rely on statutory material, traditions * Judges has small role Common Law * Based on customs of the areas, precedents * Judge made law – cases decided by judge US * Mostly statutory, but judges are important * Interpret statues * Judge decides if not codified * Criminal – against State * Civil – all other Environmental Law not very effective if using private remedies PRIVATE
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