Jan 20, 2025In a recent and far-reaching decision, a federal court struck down the Biden administration's 2024finalrule, which sought to implement significant changes to TitleIX's regulations (the 2024 ...
Jan 17, 2025As a result of the court's recent decision, the 2024FinalRule is "off the books" because the court found the challenged provisions are too interwoven to be extricated from the rest of the 2024FinalRule. IHEs should begin preparing to re-implement TitleIX policies that comply with the 2020 FinalRule, which now applies nationwide.
Jan 13, 2025The 2024FinalRule. The Biden Administration's 2024 amendments to TitleIX regulations were a significant departure from the prior, Trump-era rules issued in 2020. The new Rule took the position that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity were within the scope of TitleIX's prohibitions.
Jan 9, 2025On January 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued a Judgment in State of Tennessee, et al., v.Miguel Cardona, in his Official Capacity as Secretary of Education, et al., that vacated the U.S. Department of Education's 2024FinalRule entitled "Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial ...
Jan 22, 2025Miguel Cardona, et al., issued a decision, vacating the 2024TitleIX Regulations nationwide. Schools must now ensure that their policies and practices are consistent with the 2020 TitleIX Regulations. 2020 TitleIX Regulations . The 2020 TitleIX Regulations (the "Regulations") took effect on August 14, 2020, and can be found at 34 CFR ...
Jan 10, 2025Legal alert by Lamb McErlane attorneys Kathleen O'Connell Bell and Jake D. Becker. On January 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Kentucky Northern Division issued an Order in Cardona v. Tennessee, which extends nationwide, that struck down the Biden administration's TitleIXrule, which took effect on August 1, 2024, stating that the rule is "arbitrary and ...
Jan 17, 2025Based on this ruling, the TitleIX regulations revert to the 2020 regulations. A Brief History The April 2024 regulation, among other things: Expanded the definition of sex discrimination under TitleIX to include discrimination based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy or related conditions.
Jan 13, 2025A federal judge in Kentucky on Thursday ruled the 2024TitleIX regulations were "arbitrary and capricious" and in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). Unlike other courts that...
Department of Education Releases Long-Awaited FinalRule Amending TitleIX Regulations . Article. The Biden Administration's April 2024 changes to TitleIX regulations were struck down in a court ruling that applies nationwide. State of Tennessee v. Cardona, No. 2: 24-072-DCR (E.D. Ky. Jan. 9, 2025).
Jan 10, 2025On Thursday, January 9, 2025 a federal judge out of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky struck down the 2024TitleIX Regulations. The 2024TitleIX Regulations, which had previously gone into effect on August 1, 2024, had been challenged in lawsuits filed in federal courts across the country, and had been ...