On February 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education released a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) concerning discrimination based on race, color, and national origin in K-12 and higher education. The DCL articulates the...more
2/21/2025
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On January 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky vacated the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX regulations. The vacatur applies nationwide, meaning the 2020 Title IX final rule and Title IX...more
1/20/2025
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On April 6, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education issued a proposed rule that would govern a school, college, or university’s ability to regulate participation by transgender athletes on teams designated “men’s” and...more
On June 23, 2022—exactly fifty years after Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 became the law of the land—the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released its latest and much anticipated Title IX Notice of Proposed...more
Yesterday, the Department of Education (ED) released its long-awaited final rule relating to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. While an earlier proposed version of the rule was published for comment in November...more
Tthe Department of Education (ED) released its long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking relating to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. While a version of the notice was leaked in early September, the document...more
As several media outlets have reported and is being widely discussed on social media, the Department of Education (ED) appears to be in the final stages of issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking related to Title IX of the...more