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Bull v. Tulsa Public Schools
United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Result of Lawsuit:
Consent Decree filed with the Court.
Highlights of Settlement:
1. The School District made a commitment to building
seven new softball fields and renovating two more. All
nine projects have now been completed.
2. The School District committed to efforts to
encourage increased female participation in school-
sponsored sports.
3. The School District agreed that preferential use of facilities would
not be scheduled based on gender. For example: Boys and girls now
have equitable access to large and small gyms for practices.
4. The School District committed to making locker room renovations
so that designated girls' locker rooms would be comparable to boys'
locker rooms.
5. The School District agreed to ensure that females have equitable
and meaningful access to appropriate weight facilities.
6. The School District agreed to establish a plan whereby coaches will
receive education regarding the benefits of strength and conditioning
training for female athletes.
7. The School District agreed to ensure that appropriate volleyball
standards are installed in each of its high schools, and that permanent
painted volleyball markings are installed in the primary or main gym
of each high school.
8. The School District agreed to equalize coaching stipends for
coaches of girls' sports as compared to coaches of boys' sports.
9. The School District committed to utilizing gender neutral
procedures for attracting and retaining coaches for male
and female sports.
10. The School District agreed to provide girls' sports with coaches
equal in number to those supplied to comparable boys' sports.
11. The School District committed to providing equipment, supplies
and uniforms to girls and boys on an equitable basis.
12. The School District committed to scheduling game and practice
times on an equitable basis.
13. The School District agreed to provide information to sports media
on an equitable basis for boys' and girls' teams.
14. The School District committed to providing training and/or
medical services to its athletes on an equitable basis.
15. The School District committed to treating girls the same as boys
in regard to travel, meals and lodging for student athletes.