Supreme Court agrees to review whether employees can sue schools under Title IX for sex discrimination
The Supreme Court announced it will review a case brought by MaChelle Joseph, a former women's basketball coach at Georgia Tech who was fired in 2019 after alleging sex discrimination. The core legal question is whether Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs, can be used by employees to bring private lawsuits for workplace discrimination, or whether such claims must be brought under Title VII instead. The decision will affect both the damages available to plaintiffs and the liability exposure of publicly funded schools.
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
“Supreme Court to weigh public school employee right to sue under Title IX”
“Supreme Court to weigh appeal from former Georgia Tech basketball coach suing over sex discrimination”
“Supreme Court to decide if Title IX discrimination protections include employees”