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Foreign Nationals from 39 Countries No Longer Subject to J-1 Home Residency Requirement After Exchange Visitor Skills List...

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In what some might consider a parting gift from the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of State revised the J-1 Exchange Visitor Skills List, resulting in removal of foreign nationals from more than thirty countries. ...more

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U.S. Department of Education Focuses on Misrepresentation by Higher Education, Partners

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In the final days of the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced a number of policy initiatives and enforcement actions related to ED's misrepresentation regulations for institutions of higher...more

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Federal Court Strikes Down Title IX Rule

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On January 9, 2025, a federal trial court in State of Tennessee, et al. v. Cardona vacated the Biden Administration’s overhaul of Title IX regulations. Although provisions of the Rule had already been temporarily blocked in...more

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As Changes in Washington Loom, Administrative Law Takes on New Significance

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Change in Washington, D.C. looms in light of the results of the recent presidential election. Institutions of higher education are asking what they can expect in the short term from the exiting Biden administration...more

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States Sue Federal Government Over New Title IX Rules, Vow Not to Comply: What Schools Need to Know and Do Next

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At least 22 states are suing the Biden administration over new Title IX rules set to take effect this summer. The lawsuits claim that the U.S. Department of Education’s new rules – which were released last month and include...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

CLIENT ALERT: Biden Administration Releases Long-Awaited Title IX Regulations

On April 19, 2024, the Biden Administration released its long-awaited overhaul of the Title IX regulations governing investigations of alleged sexual misconduct and sex discrimination in federally-funded education programs....more

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Preparing For the Amended Title IX Regulations:  What To Do Now

Educational institutions are anxiously awaiting the U.S. Department of Education’s issuance of the amended final Title IX regulations.  The deadline for releasing the new regulations has been pushed back several times...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Education Priorities in State of the Union Address

President Joe Biden delivered his third State of the Union address on March 7, just days after the Super Tuesday primary elections cemented him and former President Donald Trump as the presumptive nominees for their...more

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The Development of AI and Protecting Student Data Privacy

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Educational technology (EdTech) has long been used by educators as a way to support teaching and facilitate student learning using a wide range of digital tools, platforms, and resources designed to engage students and...more

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Biden-Harris Administration Expands Oversight and Monitoring of Colleges and Universities

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Our Education Team breaks down final regulations that allow the Department of Education greater oversight and authority over institutions’ finances....more

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Biden-Harris Administration Amends Higher Education Act to Address College Closures and Withholding Transcripts

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On October 24, the Biden-Harris administration announced amendments to the regulations implementing title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). According to the fact sheet, the amendments are intended to allow the...more

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Office of Civil Rights Proposes New Rule on Transgender Student Participation in Athletics

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The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published on April 6, 2023, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) about sex-related criteria used to limit or deny a student's ability to participate in...more

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OCR Releases Proposed Rule Updating Title IX on Student Eligibility for Athletics

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On April 6, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its much-anticipated proposed Title IX rule on the eligibility of students for participation in athletic programs based on their gender identity....more

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Department of Education’s New Proposed Rule for Transgender Participation in Athletics

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The participation of transgender athletes in youth, interscholastic, and elite sport has long been a highly charged political issue domestically and internationally, with a vast range of different approaches to regulating...more

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Title IX Updates: Recent Moves by Biden Administration, Congress to Address Sexual Violence on Campus

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In this post, we continue our recap of recent Title IX-related news that you might have missed and noteworthy items to keep an eye on in 2023. Below, we cover recent federal government actions and proposals to bolster...more

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Client Alert: Ten Major Issues Facing Higher Education Institutions in 2023

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The last few years have been eventful and, at times, difficult ones for institutions of higher education. Institutions have been deeply impacted by issues ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic, to debates over free speech, to...more

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Biden’s 2022 Federal Student Loan Debt Relief

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In August, the Biden administration announced the long-anticipated plan for the cancellation of student loan debt for many student loan borrowers. This has been a controversial political topic for many, but a sigh of relief...more

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What’s the Future for Biden Administration Protections for LGBTQ+ Students and Employees under Title IX?

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Recent court and OCR decisions regarding transgender students and employees reflect widely varying responses to the Biden administration’s efforts to expand protections for LGBTQ+ individuals under federal law, including...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 2, 2022

Welcome to our second edition of The Academic Advisor - our e-newsletter focused on education law insights. We hope you enjoyed our first issue and found it helpful. Our aim is to support the work that you do by bringing...more

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Title IX At 50: Expanding Protections for Students and Employees

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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), on June 23, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) issued its anticipated proposed rule to amend Title IX’s implementing...more

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Anticipate These Changes to Your Title IX “To-Do” List

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On June 23, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced that it intends to amend the current Title IX regulations that were instituted under the Trump administration in May of 2020. The Department’s...more

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60-Day Public Comment Period for Proposed Title IX Regulations Begins

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As we discussed in a previous alert, the Biden administration recently released its proposed Title IX regulations. Today, the administration published the proposed regulations in the Federal Register, beginning the 60-day...more

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Two Grievance Procedures in the New Title IX Proposed Regs?

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You may have noticed while skimming through the new Title IX proposed regulations that there are now seemingly two grievance procedures to address Title IX complaints instead of one. You’ll recall that the current 2020...more

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Key Takeaways from the New Proposed Title IX Regulations

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The Department of Education marked the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX, the landmark civil rights law prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities, by releasing its highly anticipated...more

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Department of Education Proposes Revamping Title IX Sexual Harassment Regulations

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On June 23, 2022, the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, the Department of Education (DOE) released proposed major changes to the current Title IX regulations made effective in August 2020. The proposed revisions...more

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