Biden Administration's Title IX transgender agenda in schools halted by court rulings
The Biden administration’s rewrite of regulations for Title IX, the nation’s landmark law prohibiting sex discrimination at federally funded schools, has drawn multiple lawsuits since its release in mid-April delaying its taking effect, according to media reports.
In June, the expansion of Title IX was blocked in four states – Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana and Idaho – after a federal judge in Louisiana found that it overstepped the Education Department’s authority. U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty granted a preliminary injunction in the four states calling the new rule an “abuse of power” and a “threat to democracy.”
The latest challenge was in early July when a federal judge in Kansas stopped the enforcement of Biden’s transgender agenda in four states and other locations.
U.S. District Judge John Broomes, a Trump appointee, wrote in a ruling that the Biden administration should now consider whether forcing compliance remains “worth the effort.” The decision by the judge applies to Alaska, Kansas, Utah, and Wyoming, as well as Stillwater, Okla., middle school.
The Title IX revision expands the scope of the law’s prohibition on sex discrimination so it also applies to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Title IX was originally enacted in 1972 to prevent sex-based discrimination and sexual harassment in educational programs and activities funded by the federal government.
The Louisiana and Kansas cases are among those backed by more than 20 Republican-led states fighting Biden’s Title IX rule. Those states are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
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Which States Have Sued to Stop Biden’s Title IX Rule? (Education Week)