Title IX (of the Education Amendments of 1972), 1975-2000

The collection consists of background material consulted when Representative Stephanie Stuckey Benfield drafted and cosponsored the Equity in Sports Act of 2000 in Georgia, such as other states' laws and reporting mechanisms, information, court cases, and regulations about Title IX. Also included are meeting notes, promotional material, mark ups of the bill, copies of numerous news articles and editorials, letters of support from constituents and others in government, letters from organizations affected by the legislation, letters from legal counsel about specific provisions of the bill. The collection contains the results of a survey of Georgia voters about the issue of gender equity in sports and a small amount of materials about past efforts in Georgia to pass legislation in the area.