The 1972 law doesn’t directly address the issue, but the new rules clarify that Title IX also forbids discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. LGBTQ+ students who face discrimination will be entitled to a response from their school under T...
The Biden administration announced in April a new rule that expands Title IX's protections to LGBTQ students.
the student issues which have generated the most speculation and controversy: specifically, admission to schools, financial aid, competitive athletics, sex bias in textbooks and curriculum materials, student health care...
The DOE has also articulated a three-part framework that it will use to judge potential Title IX violations: “actual” knowledge, a narrowed definition of sexual harassment, and whether the school’s response was “deliberately indifferent.” It has also expressly stated that the Title IX ...
The new regulations, which fall under Federal Title IX laws, gives the accused the presumption of innocence and the right to question the accuser in live on campus hearings, through a lawyer or other representatives. "What these rules try to do is implement...
Washington, D.C., July 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Association of University Women (AAUW) today condemned a U.S. House of Representatives vote to overturn new Title IX rules. Today’s party line vote (210-205) to pass a Congressional Review Act ...
Last week, U.S. District Court Judge Carl J. Nichols for the District of Columbia ruled that the new Title IX rule, first issued by the Department of Education in May of this year, could move forward as planned. Judge Nichols’s decision came ...
Informal resolution is a long-standing method of conflict resolution, especially in sexual harassment/Title IX based allegations. Utilizing informal resolution is a growing trend since the U.S. Department of Education’s Title IX regulations took effect in August 14, 20...
We owe them rules that they can count on, so they know their schools must take sexual misconduct seriously and treat everyone fairly.4 We wrote ourRuleto offer actual protections. And we respect the actual text of laws like theClery Act, theViolence Against Women Act, and Supreme Court case...
On June 4, two separate lawsuits were filed by states against the Department of Education (the Department) alleging that the Department violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in promulgating the final rules implementing Title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1972 (Title IX). Click ...