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Personal Insights And Experiences Regarding The Passage Of Title Ix , Birch Bayh Jan 2007

Personal Insights And Experiences Regarding The Passage Of Title Ix , Birch Bayh

Cleveland State Law Review

My purpose here today is to look at some of the legislative history of Title IX, and perhaps some of the details that never made it into the Congressional Record, and also to include my personal involvement in it. I do that with some fear and trepidation because it sounds like one is puffing himself up.It is fair to ask, “How can a kid who grew up on a corn and soybean farm, raising pigs and hogs and cattle and calves, chickens, how in the world could he ever get to be a United States Senator, let alone become involved …


Overcoming A Hostile Work Environment: Recognizing School District Liability For Student-On-Teacher Sexual Harassment Under Title Vii And Title Ix, Heather Shana Banchek Jan 2007

Overcoming A Hostile Work Environment: Recognizing School District Liability For Student-On-Teacher Sexual Harassment Under Title Vii And Title Ix, Heather Shana Banchek

Cleveland State Law Review

This Note urges all school districts to take proactive measures to end sexual harassment of teachers by students. Additionally, it urges state legislatures to pass legislation mandating school adoption of anti-harassment policies that include provisions prohibiting all forms of student-on-teacher harassment, including sexual harassment. Following this introduction, Part II of this Note provides a background on the current climate in the public schools in the United States, identifies the statutory protections available to victims of sexual harassment, and discusses the definitions of sexual harassment used by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the courts. Part III examines relevant sexual …