A deadly riot in Portland in 1855 lead to the law's repeal. Now, Prohibition was being implemented on a national scale, and being enshrined in the Constitution no less. What followed was a litany of unintended consequences. This should have come as no surprise with a venture as experimental as Prohibition.
Title IX applies to institutions that receive federal financial assistance from the U S. Department of Education, including state and local educational agencies. These agencies include approximately 16,500 local school districts, 7,000 postsecondary institutions, as well as charter schools, for-profit schools, libraries, and museums.
In an unusual case, Title IX was invoked to justify a school's decision to upgrade its football program from Division I FCS (formerly IâAA) to Division I FBS (formerly IâA). The Western Kentucky University Board of Regents approved this move in November 2006, to take effect in 2009.