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Welcome to the fourth issue of The Academic Advisor for 2024. We begin this edition with discussion of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education released its...more
On April 16, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit determined that because West Virginia law and practice have long provided for sex-differentiated sports teams, the sole purpose of the West Virginia "Save...more
As independent schools work to promote equity, understanding, and inclusion of students across the gender spectrum on their campuses, it seems that legislative efforts on the state and federal levels are moving in the...more
The Department of Education intends to amend its Title IX regulations, clarifying what sex-based criteria schools can use to establish eligibility for athletic teams. In mid-April, the Department published a notice of...more
How will the Eleventh Circuit’s Ruling In Adams – Separate Is Equal for Public School Bathrooms – Affect Constitutionality of Florida Statute Prohibiting Transgender Girls from Participating in Designated Public School Girl’s...more
Happy New Year from the Title IX team at Franczek! Over the next several posts, we will be providing Title IX updates from the end of 2022 that you might have missed, as well as noteworthy items to keep an eye on in 2023. ...more
A.M., by her mother and next friend, E.M. v. Indianapolis Public Schools, No: 1:22-cv-01075-JMS-DLP; Federal District Court, Southern District of Indiana - A.M. is a 10-year-old transgender girl and a rising fifth grader...more
On June 22, 2021, the United States Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (“DOJ) issued a joint Fact Sheet addressed to elementary and secondary...more
On September 8, 2020, an Education Dive article quoted me about two recent letters from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on the impact on Title IX of this year’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court...more