Showing posts with label Title IX. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Title IX. Show all posts
Saturday, April 20, 2024

DOE Issues New Rules Under Title IX Protecting Against LGBTQ+ Discrimination

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The Department of Education yesterday, in a 1577-page Release ( full text ), issued its final rules under Title IX on sex discrimination by ...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Certiorari Denied In Transgender Bathroom Case

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Metropolitan School District v. A.C.,  (Docket No. 23-392, certiorari  denied 1/16/2024) ...
Monday, December 18, 2023

2nd Circuit En Banc: Athletes Have Standing To Sue Under Title IX Over Transgender Girls on Girls' Teams

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In Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools, Inc. , (2d Cir., Dec. 15, 2023), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc held ...
Friday, December 15, 2023

Florida Transgender Teachers Challenge Law That Bars Them from Using Their Preferred Pronouns

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Suit was filed this week in a Florida federal district court by three current and former Florida public-school teachers who identify as tran...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Baylor Gets DOE Assurance That It Is Exempt From Title IX Sexual Harassment Rules

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In a July 25 letter ( full text ), the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights has assured Baylor University that, as a universi...
Monday, January 16, 2023

Title IX Religious Exemption Survives Constitutional Challenge

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In Hunter v. United States   Department of Education ,  (D OR, Jan. 12, 2023), an Oregon federal district court dismissed a suit brought by ...
Tuesday, January 03, 2023

11th Circuit En Banc Upholds School Policy Assigning Restrooms on Basis of Biological Sex

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In Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County, Florida ,  (11th Cir., Dec. 30, 2022), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc ...
Friday, December 30, 2022

Christian School Teacher Fired for Acceptance of LGBT Students Files Suit

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Suit was filed this week in an Arizona federal district court by Adam McDorman, an English teacher who was fired by Valley Christian School ...
Friday, December 16, 2022

Suit Challenges Exclusion of Gender Transition Care From Health Insurance Policies

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Suit was filed this week in a Georgia federal district court challenging under Title VII and Title IX the exclusion from certain state of Ge...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Court Says Title IX and ACA Do Not Bar Transgender Discrimination

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In Neese v. Beccera , (ND TX, Nov. 11, 2022), a Texas federal district court granted declaratory relief concluding that neither Title IX nor...
Monday, August 15, 2022

USDA Clarifies Title IX Religious Institution Exemption

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On Aug. 12, the Department of Agriculture issued a Guidance ( full text ) clarifying that a Title IX exemption is available for religious ed...
Tuesday, August 09, 2022

Preliminary Injunction Bars Indiana Enforcement Of Ban On Transgender Girl Playing On Girls' Baseball Team

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A recently enacted Indiana statute prohibits transgender girls from playing on girls' athletic teams sponsored by public schools or cert...
Friday, July 29, 2022

Christian School Challenges USDA's Interpretation Of Sex Discrimination Under Title IX

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A Christian school which enrolls 56 students in grades Pre-K to 8 filed suit this week in a Florida federal district court challenging a U.S...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Title IX Applies To Religiously Affiliated School That Is Tax Exempt

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The provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 which bar sex discrimination apply to "any education program or act...
Sunday, July 17, 2022

Court Enjoins DOE and EEOC From Enforcing LGBT Anti-Discrimination Interpretations Because Of Procedural Issues

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 In State of Tennessee v. U.S. Department of Education ,  (ED TN, July 15, 2022), a Tennessee federal district court enjoined the Department...
Monday, July 04, 2022

University's No-Contact Orders To 3 Christian Students Violate Free Speech Rights

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In Perlot v. Green ,  (D ID, June 30, 2022), an Idaho federal district court issued a preliminary injunction requiring the University of Ida...
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Proposed Rule Amendments Say Title IX Bars LGBT Discrimination

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Last Thursday, the Department of Education issued a 700-page Release ( full text ) proposing amendments to the regulations implementing Titl...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

CLS Members Sue University Of Idaho Over No-Contact Orders

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Three members of the Christian Legal Society at the University of Idaho filed suit against University administrators on Monday contending th...
Friday, February 11, 2022

Department of Education Reaffirms BYU's Exemption From LGBTQ Anti-Discrimination Requirements

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The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, issued a determination letter ( full text ) on Feb. 8, 2022, dismissing a complain...
Tuesday, December 14, 2021

9th Circuit: Seminary Is Exempt From Title IX In Applying Its Sexual Standards

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In Maxon v. Fuller Theological Seminary ,  (9th Cir., Dec. 13, 2021), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Fuller Theological Sem...