1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; requiring a study of the implementation of Title IX 
1.3 	in Minnesota public, postsecondary education; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDY 
1.6 	OF TITLE IX.
 1.7 	$20,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2014 to the Office of 
1.8 	Higher Education for a study of the implementation of the collegiate athletic requirements 
1.9 	of Title IX in Minnesota's public postsecondary education systems. The study must 
1.10 	analyze the extent to which Title IX with respect to collegiate athletics is achieving the 
1.11 	original goals enacted in Title IX of the federal education amendments of 1972 to prevent 
1.12 	the following:
1.13 	(1) the exclusion of any person from participating in collegiate athletics on the 
1.14 	basis of gender;
1.15 	(2) the denial of benefits on the basis of gender under any education program or 
1.16 	activity receiving federal financial assistance; and
1.17 	(3) gender-based discrimination under any education program or activity receiving 
1.18 	federal financial assistance.
1.19 	In addition, the study must evaluate the impact of Title IX requirements on the 
1.20 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the University of Minnesota and the 
1.21 	students attending public postsecondary institutions in Minnesota. The Office of Higher 
1.22 	Education must report on the findings of the Title IX study to the committees of the 
1.23 	legislature with responsibility for higher education policy and finance by March 15, 2014. 
1.24 	This is a onetime appropriation.