D.C. high schools still have not received their athletic funding for the current school year, despite D.C. Public Schools’ promise to release the budgets by last week. Some schools’ athletic directors and coaches meanwhile, still have not been paid for work they did last school year.

“Athletic budgets must be monitored by our office to ensure that Title IX compliance is met,” Marcus Ellis, DCPS’s athletic director, told The Washington Examiner when asked about the holdup. “It’s our responsibility to ensure that funds at each school is being distributed fairly between girls and boys sports.”