ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A Georgia lawmaker has filed a Title IX complaint against a Cobb County high school, alleging gender discrimination in its sports program.

Title IX is a civil rights law prohibiting gender discrimination in educational programs that receive federal funding.

In the complaint, Rep. John Carson (R-Marietta) said administrators at Pope High School reimplemented a rule from last spring stopping girls on the varsity and junior varsity basketball teams from joining other school sports teams simultaneously — a restriction that allegedly doesn’t extend to the boys.

“For the sake of the school and our community, please let the girls play,” he said.

According to Carson, several of his constituents reached out with concerns about the rule, causing him to file a

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