‘Let the Girls Play:’ Lawmaker Files Discrimination Complaint Against Georgia High School

‘Let the Girls Play:’ Lawmaker Files Discrimination Complaint Against Georgia High School

A new controversy has hit Pope High School’s athletics department after State Rep. John Carson, a Republican from Marietta, filed a federal Title IX complaint accusing the school of gender discrimination in its girls’ basketball program. At the center of the dispute: a policy that prevents girls on the varsity and junior varsity basketball teams […] The post ‘Let the Girls Play:’ Lawmaker Files Discrimination Complaint Against Georgia High Schoo…

Lawmaker files Title IX complaint against Pope High School

State Rep. John Carson, R-northeast Cobb, has filed a Title IX gender discrimination complaint against Pope High School’s athletic department.

Rep. John Carson Files Title IX Complaint Regarding Pope High School’s New Policies for Girls’ Varsity Basketball Team – Georgia House of Representatives

ATLANTA – State Representative John Carson (R-Marietta) recently filed a Title IX gender discrimination complaint with the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Atlanta Division against Pope High School’s athletic department regarding the alleged inequitable treatment of female multi-sport athletes. Specifically, the complaint alleges gender-based discrimination by Pope High School girls’ varsity … Continue reading "Rep…

Lawmaker files Title IX athletics complaint against Pope HS

State Rep. John Carson of East Cobb said he has filed a Title IX sex discrimination complaint against Pope High School’s athletics department for a policy regarding female sports eligibility. Carson said in a release he filed a complaint with the Atlanta Division of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, which enforces Title IX. That’s a federal education law that bans sex discrimination in educational institutions receiving …