Trump Education Department directs all schools to drop Biden admin rewrite of Title IX

The Department of Education’s (DoE) Office for Civil Rights issued a “dear colleague” letter Friday directing all public education institutions to revert to the original interpretation of Title IX after a long push by the Biden administration to reinterpret the women’s rights regulation to favor “transgender” rights.

“This letter is to clarify that, effective immediately, the United States Department of Education’s (ED) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will enforce Title IX under the provisions of the 2020 Title IX Rule, rather than the recently invalidated 2024 Title IX Rule,” the letter stated.

“Accordingly,” the letter continues, “lawful Title IX enforcement” will be based on “the interpretation of ‘sex’ to mean the objective, immutable characteristic of being born male or female as outlined in the 2020 Title IX Rule.”

The letter was signed by the Trump DoE’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor. 

“The department will return to enforcing Title IX protections on the basis of biological sex in schools and on campuses,” stated a Friday DoE press release announcing the “dear colleague” letter. “Returning to the 2020 Title IX Rule also ends a serious threat to campus free speech and ensures much stronger due process protections for students during Title IX proceedings.”

The release also included a statement from Trainor. “The Biden Administration’s failed attempt to rewrite Title IX was an unlawful abuse of regulatory power and an egregious slight to women and girls,” he said. “Under the Trump Administration, the Education Department will champion equal opportunity for all Americans, including women and girls, by protecting their right to safe and separate facilities and activities in schools, colleges, and universities.”

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