The Department of Education on Friday announced that it would enforce the 2020 Title IX rules implemented during the first Trump administration.
Upon entering office, former President Joe Biden attempted to alter those rules to remove due process protections from students and to change the definition of sex to allow boys in girls’ sports and bathrooms. The Trump administration’s announcement means the Biden rules are null and void.
“The Biden Administration’s failed attempt to rewrite Title IX was an unlawful abuse of regulatory power and an egregious slight to women and girls,” Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said in the announcement. “Under the Trump Administration, the Education Department will champion equal opportunity for all Americans, including women and girls, by protecting their right to safe and separate facilities and activities in…
