{"id":95501,"date":"2024-04-03T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/court-rules-that-religious-schools-tax-exempt-status-does-not-make-them-subject-to-title-ix\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T11:15:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:15:00","slug":"court-rules-that-religious-schools-tax-exempt-status-does-not-make-them-subject-to-title-ix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/court-rules-that-religious-schools-tax-exempt-status-does-not-make-them-subject-to-title-ix\/","title":{"rendered":"Court rules that religious schools\u2019 tax-exempt status does not make them subject to Title IX\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201c[T]he phrase \u2018receiving federal financial assistance\u2019 means taking or accepting federal financial aid, help, or support,\u201d the judges said. \u201cThus, the plain text of Title IX contemplates the transfer of funds from the federal government to an entity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The judges called the plaintiffs\u2019 argument in the case \u201ca novel concept.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed, since Title IX\u2019s inception over 50 years ago, it has never been applied to organizations based solely on their tax-exempt status,\u201d they wrote, arguing that \u201ctax exemption \u2026 is the withholding of a tax burden rather than the affirmative grant of funds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greg Baylor, a senior counsel with the legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which filed an amicus brief in the case, told CNA that the ruling was \u201cconsistent with the text of Title IX statute and regulation and precedence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor decades virtually everyone has understood that federal financial assistance consists of grants, contracts, property, and things of that nature,\u201d Baylor said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one has seriously argued that an organization\u2019s possession of mere tax-exempt status counts as federal financial assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n