Supreme Court to weigh public school employee right to sue under Title IX
The justices will decide whether federally funded schools can face sex discrimination suits from employees, a dispute that has split 10 federal appeals courts.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court granted review in Crowther v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to decide whether Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments Act allows school employees to sue for sex discrimination.
- The Eleventh Circuit ruled in 2024 that Title IX provides a private right of action only for students, contradicting eight other federal circuits that permit employees to pursue sex-bias claims under the law.
- Former Augusta University professor Thomas Crowther and former Georgia Tech coach MaChelle Joseph alleged workplace retaliation and unequal resources in their consolidated suit, though the universities denied the allegations in court filings.
- Legal arguments center on whether Title IX or Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act governs workplace sex-bias claims, with universities contending that expanding Title IX would displace Congress's established employment discrimination framework.
- A 12-judge majority on the Eleventh Circuit affirmed earlier this year that Title IX excludes employee suits, cementing the inter-circuit conflict the Supreme Court must now resolve through oral arguments likely this fall.
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