District reports Title IX athletics inventory, finds 5.2% overall participation gap, flags drill team effect on spending

Jordan School District officials presented the annual Title IX‑related report Aug. 12 that the state now requires to show availability, participation, expenditures and facilities usage for gender‑designated interscholastic sports. What the report covers: Staff summarized required elements of Utah code 53G‑6‑1101 (House Bill 420) including counts of gender‑designated sports, participation by gender, per‑sport spending totals, per‑athlete spending, and comparisons of practice and game facility use. The district provided three years of trends for each high school; the full report shows school‑by‑school line items for participation and spending. Key findings staff highlighted: Across the 12 girls‑designated sports and 10 boys‑designated sports tracked under the statute, the district had a net 238 more boys than girls in gender‑designated sports — a 5.19%…