LEXINGTON — After discussions with the Kentucky High School Athletics Association, Fayette County school officials will vote Tuesday on two proposals in an attempt to monitor the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent each year by parent booster clubs.

        The proposals would place boosters under district oversight and require the groups to obtain approval before raising money or buying items for teams.

        “It's a done deal as far as I'm concerned,” said Fayette County Board of Education member Paul Scanlon. “A lot of times the board is accused of making up its mind before we get all the details, but in this case my mind's made up. It's law.”

        Interviews with all five school board members indicate that the policies will be adopted Tuesday.

        Title IX, a 1972 federal law, requires schools to offer equal opportunities for both sexes. The law mandates that boys' and girls' teams have uniforms, travel accommodations, equipment and facilities of com parable quality.

        The problem exists because athletic booster clubs in Fayette County pay for those things, and the quality varies with the fund- raising success of each club.

        The most obvious difference is between baseball and softball teams. While baseball boosters have worked for years to build on-campus facilities for the boys' teams, three of the five local high school girls' softball teams practice in public parks.

        Board member Helen McQuinn expects some angry parents. She said the parents may not be willing to raise as much money if they need approval to spend it.

        “That's going to leave a bad taste in a lot of boosters' minds,” Ms. McQuinn said. “I don't think the parents are going to be as apt to do as much as they've already done.”

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