Proposed Title IX transgender rules delayed

The U.S. Department of Education will delay its proposed Title IX transgender rules until after the 2024 elections, news outlets report. The proposed regulations would prevent broad bans against transgender students participating in athletics, a practice being considered in dozens of states in recent years. The Biden Administration earlier had separated the proposed athletics rules for transgender student participation from other proposed revisions to the Title IX regulations designed to undo some of the changes made by former President Trump and his Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. The Trump changes especially related to how schools respond to sexual assaults and harassment. […]

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