TITLE

U.S. Supreme Court rules for students in sex-bias cases

PUB. DATE

March 1992

SOURCE

Women's International Network News;Spring92, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p78

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Cites an article published in the February 27, 1992 issue of `The New York Times,' on the US Supreme Court ruling that upheld the federal law barring sex discrimination in schools and colleges. Details of the sex-bias case filed by a high school student against a Georgia school district; Authorization of monetary damages as a remedy for illegal discrimination.

ACCESSION #

9611020239

Tags: SEX discrimination in education;  DAMAGES (Law)

 

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