[Belfry0304]

I agree that they should have, and a lot of districts have, but I think there were some concerns. The Red Book ( financial regulations and KRS for schools ) states that money must be spent In an equitable manner. However, that is not the end of it. Facilities, coaches (pay and number of), dressing facilities, uniforms, transportation, meals, and the list goes on. There will have to be an equity committee that meets usually three times a year to discuss athletic opportunities for male and female athletes and develops a plan to make sure this happens. One thing I see as an issue is buying uniforms every year for certain sports. Then let the students keep the uniform. I'm not going to start anything on here, but the schools in Fayette county ran into IRS problems a few years ago over students keeping uniforms and equipment bought by boosters. Title IX requires a uniform rotation developed by the equity committee. One of the penalties for non compliance is a district losing federal funding ei, Title I and other Title money.

One thing I wish would change is require teams to put the away bunch SOMEWHERE. I don't know if it's possible to make a rule about though. Belfry Middle has one of the better facilities for a middle school team around and we still have to house the away team in the gym for a locker room but we at least had somewhere to put them. Multiple times the Belfry team had to dress on a sideline or field. Even in playoff games once those kids had to go 4 at a time into a storage building beside the field just to change. I can only name two places that had an inside place for the team before the game and that is Johnson County during the tournament and Mason County. I'm sure they have away locker rooms or gyms or somewhere... it just makes it easier to have that.