Title IX

President Biden Proposes Major Reforms For U.S. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court blocks Biden administration rules against sex discrimination in schools

7:23pm August 16, 2024

The court’s action effectively bars the federal government from enforcing any portion of its new anti-discrimination rules while legal challenges are litigated in the lower courts.

"Our nation's educational institutions should be places where we not only accept differences, but celebrate them," U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, seen in the East Room of the White House in August 2023, said of the new Title IX regulation.

Biden administration adds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students, assault victims

2:59pm April 19, 2024

by Tovia Smith

The new rules also broaden the interpretation of Title IX to cover pregnant, gay and transgender students. They do not address whether schools can ban trans athletes from women's and girls' teams.

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Civil rights group says North Carolina public schools harming LGBTQ+ students, violating federal law

1:13pm January 31, 2024

by Associated Press

A civil rights group has filed a complaint with federal departments alleging North Carolina's public schools are systematically marginalizing LGBTQ+ youth as two new laws are being carried out. The Asheville-based Campaign for Southern Equality filed the complaint Tuesday against the State Board of Education and Department of Public Instruction.

At Northwestern University, allegations of hazing in its football program led to the firing of longtime coach Pat Fitzgerald (right) and has the school facing multiple lawsuits, with more likely. Here, Fitzgerald leads the football team onto the field on Sept. 24, 2022, in Evanston, Illinois.

As hazing lawsuits mount against Northwestern, experts hope for a shift in attitudes

5:01am July 28, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

With allegations of hazing within several sports programs at Northwestern University, experts say that other U.S. universities should use this time to change their own cultures.

Lauren Fleshman's memoir, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World, is a memoir and a critique of how the sports world treats female athletes.

The sports world is still built for men. This elite runner wants to change that

1:28pm January 10, 2023

by Terry Gross

Champion distance runner Lauren Fleshman says too many coaches assume — falsely — that what works for male athletes also benefits female athletes. Her memoir is Good for a Girl.

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The Peanuts characters reminded readers of the importance of Title IX at a moment when many schools and athletic programs were resistant to it.

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'Peanuts,' one of the world's most popular cartoons, pushed for Title IX in the 1970s

5:00am June 26, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Peanuts was a place where female athletes saw their presence on the playing field explicitly supported.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks at the White House on April 27. The Biden administration proposed a dramatic rewrite of campus sexual assault rules on Thursday, moving to expand protections for LGBTQ students, bolster the rights of victims and w

Biden's Title IX reforms would roll back Trump-era rules, expand victim protections

2:43pm June 23, 2022

by Dustin Jones

The administration proposed an overhaul of regulations to expand protections for LGBTQI+ students and require schools to respond to all sexual discrimination complaints.

Less than a year after the Trump administration enacted new rules for how schools handle cases of sexual assault and harassment, President Biden is beginning the process to replace those.

Biden Begins Process To Undo Trump Administration's Title IX Rules

7:36pm March 10, 2021

by Tovia Smith

Biden's effort to change the way cases of sexual assault and harassment are handled by schools is drawing both cheers and fears. The move comes less than a year after Trump enacted the rules.

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies before the House Education and Labor Committee in 2019.

Democratic Bill Aims To Block Title IX Rule Changes Pushed By Trump Administration

6:59pm December 10, 2019

by Sam Gringlas

The bill comes as the U.S. Department of Education is nearing the end of a lengthy rule-making process to revise rules that govern how universities that receive federal funding handle sexual assault.

Former Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) passed away at the age of 91 on Thursday. He served 3 terms in the Senate, from 1963 to 1981.

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Former Indiana Sen. Birch Bayh — 'A Great Hoosier'

6:12pm March 14, 2019

by Brandon Smith

Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) authored Title IX, a law guaranteeing women access to educational and athletic programs in higher education. He passed away Thursday at the age of 91.

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