The GAO reference was the first government publication you listed in your
single-sex post from the CA dept. of ed. Jo
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On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Linda Purrington wrote:
> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 23:23:38 -0800
> From: Linda Purrington <lpurring@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: edequity@tristram.edc.org
> To: edequity@tristram.edc.org
> Subject: Re: Legality of single-sex education
>
>
> Jo, can we get more specific references from the GAO? Titles, etc.?
> Thank you very much in advance. linda Purrington <lpurring@earthlink.net>
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> Jo Sanders wrote:
> >
> > This information comes from Pat Campbell, who has extensively studied the
> > legality of single-sex education:
> >
> > In response to complaints, the US Office of Civil Rights has ruled that
> > programs to assign students to classes on the basis of gender are not
> > allowed under Title IX, even if the assignment is voluntary on the part
> > of the students. However, they have also ruled that having a coed math
> > class and a second class targeted for female students but accessible to
> > all students regardless of sex is allowed. (US GAO, 1996).
> >
> > The United States General Accounting Office (1996, pp. 6-7) went a step
> > further, concluding in a report to the US House of Representatives that
> > restricting enrollment in a public school by sex violated Title IX of
> > the Education Amendments of 1972, and may also violate the equal
> > protection clauses of the United States constitution and different state
> > constitutions.
> >
> > In a related effort, a recent Supreme Court decision declared that "the
> > Constitution^Rs equal protection guarantee precludes Virginia from
> > reserving exclusively to men the unique educational opportunities VMI [a
> > publicly funded, single-sex male university] affords" (United States Vs
> > Virginia et al, Nos. 94-1941 and 94-2107, 1997). This decision was
> > directed toward a public college, but may have implications for public
> > elementary and secondary schools.
> >
> > I hope this clarifies some issues.
> >
> > Jo Sanders
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> > Jo Sanders
> > Director, Center for Gender Equity
> > Washington Research Institute
> > 150 Nickerson Street, Suite 305
> > Seattle, WA 98109
> > Phone (206) 285-9317
> > Fax (206) 285-1523
> > E-mail <jsanders@wri-edu.org>
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