Yesterday, the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights issued a "Dear Colleague" letter (full text) to educators informing them that the Office of Civil Rights will enforce a 2020 version of Rules under Title IX governing responses to allegation of sexual harassment. Consistent with an Executive Order issued by President Trump mandating the removal of all rules and policies protecting transgender individuals, the letter rejects the version of Title IX rules adopted in 2024 by the Biden administration. Last month, a Kentucky federal district court invalidated the 2024 Title IX rules saying that they exceed the agency's authority, are vague and overbroad, and violate teachers' freedom of expression. (See prior posting.)
