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Black v. Norman Public Schools
United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Result of Lawsuit:
Settlement Agreement filed with the Court.
Highlights of Settlement:
1. The School District agreed to renovate and
upgrade its existing softball field. The renovations
specifically included adequate locker room facilities,
aluminum bleachers, a press box and upgrades to the
parking lot. The School District also agreed to make
necessary changes to ensure that the field was a
regulation field.
2. The School District agreed to encourage increased female participation in school-sponsored sports.
3. The School District committed to conducting student interest surveys for the purpose of ascertaining the level of interest in existing
sports or in any sport not offered by the District.
4. The School District agreed to review overall expenditures on sports annually, including expenditures by booster clubs.
5. The School District agreed that it is responsible for ensuring that boys' and girls' sports are supported equitably.
6. The School District agreed to review its salary schedule to address inequities in salaries for male and female sports' coaches.
7. The School District agreed that when any of its employees contact the media regarding the results of school-sponsored athletic competition, the District and its employees will provide such information for boys' and girls' sports.
8. The School District reconfigured its locker rooms to provide for equitable facilities to female athletes as compared to those provided to males.
9. The School District committed to ensuring that boys and girls are treated equitably in regard to the scheduling of practice and game times.
10. The School District agreed that when it elects to provide training and/or medical services, it will ensure that these services are provided equitably for boys and girls.
11. The School District purchased weights appropriate to girls' weight training and arranged for an in-service training seminar regarding weight training, to include proper strength and conditioning training for female athletes.