A three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals has revived a lawsuit that claims a girls basketball team in Indiana gets less desirable scheduling than the boys team in violation of Title IX. The Chicago-based panel held that the Franklin County, Ind., school system should face trial to determine whether an "obvious disparity" in the schedules amounts to denying equal athletic opportunities to girls, Education Week's School Law bog reports. The suit maintains that during the 2009-10 basketball season at Franklin County High School, 95 percent of the boys team's games were given prime time spots on…
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