Section 200.10 Definitions

Section 200

Section 200.10  Definitions

"Comparable" means similar in quality and quantity,

taking into consideration all relevant facts and circumstances.

"Contact Sports" means those sports whose purpose

or major activity involves bodily contact:  e.g., basketball, boxing, football,

ice hockey, rugby, and wrestling.

"Counseling" means all guidance activities,

personal counseling, guidance-related evaluation and testing, provision of

vocational and career information and advice, scheduling assistance, and any

other guidance services provided to students by any person acting under the

authorization of an educational system.

"Course" means any district-sponsored class

regardless of the location of class meetings, nature of instruction, or type or

age of student.

"Discrimination" means the violation of

individuals' state or federal equal rights guarantees (U.S. Constitution,

Amendment 14; 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.; Illinois Constitution, Article I,

Sections 2, 18; Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 122, pars. 10-22.5, 27-1 and

34-18(l)), whether intended or unintended.

"Disparate Interest Levels" means that, according

to the results of a school's written student athletics interest survey

(conducted pursuant to the requirements set forth in Section 200.80(b)(1)(B)),

the total number of students of one sex who wish to participate in all

athletics exceeds by more than 50% the total number of students of the other

sex who wish to participate in all athletics. Disparate interest levels do not

in and of themselves evidence discrimination.

"Disproportionate Enrollment" means that students

of one sex constitute at least 75% of a school's participants in a given

program, course, or activity. Disproportionate enrollment does not in and of

itself evidence discrimination.

"Educational System" means any local public

education agency in its entirety, including elementary, secondary and unit

districts, area vocational education centers, and special education

cooperatives

hat students

of one sex constitute at least 75% of a school's participants in a given

program, course, or activity. Disproportionate enrollment does not in and of

itself evidence discrimination.

"Educational System" means any local public

education agency in its entirety, including elementary, secondary and unit

districts, area vocational education centers, and special education

cooperatives.

"Equal Access" means availability of opportunity

without discrimination on the basis of sex, going beyond simple admission to a

course or activity to include full and unrestricted participation in

educational and experiential processes.

"Prime Time" means that time period which is most

desirable locally for a given activity.

"Program" means a series of courses or set of

activities leading toward identified educational or experiential student

outcomes.

"School" means any attendance center within an

educational system.

"Sex Bias" means the attribution of behaviors,

abilities, interests, values and/or roles to a person or group of persons on

the basis of their sex.

"Sexual Harassment" means unwelcome sexual

advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a

sexual nature.

"Sexual Intimidation" means any behavior, verbal or

nonverbal, which has the effect of subjecting members of either sex to

humiliation, embarrassment or discomfort because of their gender.

"Significant Assistance" means the payment of dues,

fees, or other remuneration in return for the provision of services or

benefits, or any other collaboration that significantly facilitates the

functioning of any agency, organization, or person outside an educational

system.