The Education Amendments of 1972, also sometimes known as the Higher Education Amendments of 1972 (Public
No. 92‑318, 86 Stat. 235), were amendments to the
Higher Education Act of 1965
The Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) () was legislation signed into Law of the United States, United States law on November 8, 1965, as part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society domestic agenda. Johnson chose Texas State University (t ...
and the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act that were signed into law by President
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until Resignation of Richard Nixon, his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...
on June 23, 1972. It is best known for its
Title IX, which prohibited
discrimination on the basis of sex in educational institutions receiving federal aid. It also modified government programs providing
financial aid to students by directing money directly to students without the participation of intermediary financial institutions. Part D of Title III of the law enacted the
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants.
The
Equal Pay Act of 1963 did not originally cover executives, administrators, outside salespeople, or professionals;
the Education Amendments of 1972 amended the
Fair Labor Standards Act to expand the coverage of the Equal Pay Act to these employees, by excluding the Equal Pay Act from the professional worker's exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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