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March 28, 2005: "We are writing ... with grave concerns regarding the Department of Education's new Title IX policy guidance, "Additional Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics Policy: Three-Part Test -- Part Three." We believe this guidance, which was issued late in the day Friday, March 18, 2005, appears to be nothing short of an under-the-radar effort to dismantle Title IX and undermine the 30 years of progress made by women and girls as a result of this landmark legislation...." |
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February 16, 2005: "We are writing ... concerning Thomas B. Griffith's renomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Based on his radical and deeply damaging views about Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the NCWGE has serious concerns about Mr. Griffith’s suitability for a lifetime seat on the federal bench...." |
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December 3, 2004: "We are writing ... concerning the nomination of Thomas B. Griffith to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. NCWGE members wish to bring to your attention Mr. Griffith’s record with respect to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and ask that you evaluate it carefully as you consider this nomination....." |
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September 14, 2004: "We are writing ... concerning the nomination of Thomas B. Griffith to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. NCWGE members wish to bring to your attention Mr. Griffith’s record with respect to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and ask that you evaluate it carefully as you consider this nomination...." |
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September 13, 2004: "...we urge you to vote against H.R. 3369, the Nonprofit Athletic Organization Protection Act of 2003. If enacted, this bill could allow nonprofit athletic organizations to evade civil rights laws and unlawfully discriminate on the basis of sex, race, disability, or other characteristics protected by federal and/or state law ..." |
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September 8, 2004: "...we urge you to restore funding for the Women’s Educational Equity Act (WEEA) as you consider the House Labor/HHS Appropriations bills. It is because we know these funds are vital to the implementation of critical and sound educational standards that NCWGE recommends that the House agree to the amendment offered by Rep. Carolyn Maloney to restore WEEA’s funding to $3 million...." |
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May 17, 2004 "We are writing ... concerning the nomination of Thomas B. Griffith to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. NCWGE wishes to bring to your attention Mr. Griffith’s record with respect to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and ask that you evaluate it carefully as you consider this nomination...." |
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January 7, 2004: "On behalf of its member organizations, the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE) urges you to oppose the FY04 Senate omnibus appropriations bill based on the inclusion in that bill of a provision that would establish a federally funded voucher program for District of Columbia schools, allowing private and religious schools to discriminate on the basis of gender. We believe that the District of Columbia should not be a laboratory for exempting taxpayer-supported schools from federal civil rights laws...." |
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November 19, 2003: "On behalf of its member organizations, the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE) urges you to oppose the voucher provision while conferencing the FY04 Senate omnibus appropriations bill and the House DC Appropriations bill (H.R. 2765). NCWGE opposes this provision because it allows private and religious schools to discriminate on the basis of gender. We believe that the District of Columbia should not be a laboratory for exempting taxpayer-supported schools from federal civil rights laws...." |
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November 19, 2003: "...we urge you to maintain funding for the Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) as you negotiate differences between the House and Senate Labor/HHS Appropriations bills.... |
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May 21, 2003 "We, the undersigned education, women's rights, civil rights, good government, and advocacy organizations, are writing to urge you to support current Title IX athletics policies and to ask you to join us in urging the President and Secretary Rod Paige to reject any changes to those policies...." |
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July 8, 2002 "...we express our opposition to and grave concerns regarding your May 8 Notice of Intent to Rule (NOIR) on amending the regulations of the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. NCWGE believes that Title IX and its regulations serve as a crucial backstop to ensuring that all students have equal education opportunities." |