FRANKFORT, Ky. — Schools that violate the law requiring equity in athletics for girls and boys will be barred from playing games and no longer let off with a fine, the commissioner of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association said Thursday.

        A letter to that effect will be going out to all KHSAA schools later this month, Louis Stout told a committee of the Kentucky Board of Education.

        Mr. Stout said he hoped the board would support him.

        The federal law, known as Title IX, requires parity for girls' and boys' athletics and related activities. It covers scheduling of games, cheerleaders, training facilities and playing fields, among other things.

        In August, the KHSAA reported that at least 70 high schools surveyed in 1999 and 2000 were giving preferential treatment to boys' sports.

        From now on, violators could face a loss of games, including ineligibility for postseason play, Mr. Stout said.

        State board member Craig True had criticized Mr. Stout's use of fines for violations. “It's taxpayer money and to take that away from a school and put it in the KHSAA — I didn't follow that.” Grounding a team “gets their attention,” Mr. True said Thursday.

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