Biden dismantles Trump-era Title IX rules, unveils new rules aimed at safeguarding LGBTQ+ students

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Important Takeaways:

  • The Biden administration has unveiled new rules aimed at safeguarding LGBTQ+ students and changing the ways in which sexual harassment and assault claims are adjudicated on campus.
  • The new provisions are part of a revised Title IX regulation issued by the Education Department, fulfilling a campaign pledge by President Biden to revamp those issued during the Trump administration.
  • Missing from the new rule, however, is a policy forbidding schools from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes competing against biological females.
  • The new rule makes “crystal clear that everyone can access schools that are safe, welcoming and that respect their rights,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said.
  • “No one should face bullying or discrimination just because of who they are, who they love,”

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