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In brief: Dozens of Title IX violations alleged

BOISE – The federal government has received complaints that 78 of the 115 Idaho school districts are violating laws meant to create equal opportunities for female athletes.

A 600-page complaint dated June 23 accuses 100 high schools of Title IX violations. The schools are accused of inflating female athlete numbers by counting cheer and dance participants as athletes. The complaint also alleges that the schools failed to inform female students adequately about other athletic activities.

Federal officials declined to say who filed the dozens of complaints the government has received.

The U.S. Department of Education said it will evaluate the complaints. The state Department of Education declined to comment, saying the agency is still reviewing the allegations detailed in the complaints.

Among the North Idaho school districts named are Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Kellogg, Lake Pend Oreille, Shoshone, Boundary County, St. Maries, Priest River, Kootenai, Moscow, Orofino, Lakeland, Potlatch, Lewiston and Wallace.

Associated Press

Redistricting panel looks to 3rd, 6th

Redrawing legislative districts in Spokane County is a necessity that generally sparks much controversy. That’s why a special panel tasked with the job asked for ideas from area residents during a public hearing Tuesday night.

The 3rd District, which includes much of the city of Spokane and often votes for Democrats, needs to add thousands of people to its boundaries. The logical starting point, the Washington State Redistricting Commission was told, is to absorb parts of the traditionally Republican 6th District, which now has too many voters and forms a “C” around the 3rd.

The commission, which is doing the same work across the state in the wake of the 2010 U.S. Census, which showed Washington’s population grew 14 percent in 10 years, is expected to reach a decision later this year.

The group of five also will redraw the state’s nine congressional districts into 10.

For more information: http://www.redistricting. wa.gov/.

John Stucke