Discrimination, Department of Education, Title IX

On Securing a Preliminary Injunction in a Pro Bono Case Protecting Student Civil Rights – Q&A with Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes

Law Matters on 6/26/2025

Q&A with Reid Skibell and Jon Friedman, partners at Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes, after the firm obtained a preliminary injunction in a pro bono lawsuit brought on behalf of Victim Rights Law Center and two students and their...more

An Independent School's Guide to Evaluating Federal Financial Assistance

Venable LLP on 4/4/2025

Generally, independent schools intentionally refrain from participating in the majority of federal funding programs, preserving their ability to ensure the educational program is provided in a manner that is reflective of...more

Week in Review: Major Announcements from the Department of Education, Challenges to Anti-DEI Actions, Board Member Reinstatement...

Franczek P.C. on 3/11/2025

We reported last week that the pace of executive orders coming from the new presidential administration had begun to slow. While, overall, the rate does still appear to be slowing, this week has been a notable one....more

Client Alert: Title IX, “Gender Ideology,” and Recent Enforcement Activity: What Higher Education Institutions Need to Know

Jenner & Block on 2/27/2025

Recent executive orders, federal guidance, and enforcement activity have made clear that the Trump Administration plans to interpret and apply Title IX in new and different ways. This includes an understanding of sex as an...more

Trump Bans Transgender Women Athletes from Participating in Athletics

Littler on 2/12/2025

In the latest slew of executive orders affecting educational institutions, on February 5, 2025, President Trump signed an order titled, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” This order states, “it is the policy of the United...more

New Executive Order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” Creates Challenging Questions for Oregon School Districts

Miller Nash LLP on 2/7/2025

On February 5, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports. This EO expresses strong disapproval of policies allowing transgender girls and women to participate on girls’...more

A Practitioner-Focused Framework for Civil Rights Compliance

TNG Consulting on 2/4/2025

On January 14, 2025, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a resolution agreement with the University of Washington following a Title VI complaint of alleged discrimination and harassment based...more

What President Trump's Order on 'Ending Radical Indoctrination' Means for K-12 Schools

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 2/4/2025

On January 29, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order entitled "Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling," aimed at dismantling the "radical, anti-American…echo chamber[s]" he contends public schools have...more

New Executive Order Addressing “Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling”: What School Leaders Need to Know

Miller Nash LLP on 1/30/2025

On January 29, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“Order”) entitled “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling.” The Order asserts that “schools indoctrinate children in radical, anti-American ideologies...more

Office For Civil Rights Vindicates Our Client; Finds Private University Violated His Title Ix Right To A Fair And Unbiased...

Clark Hill PLC on 1/29/2025

The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently published a Letter and Resolution Agreement vindicating a male student we represented in a complaint against Notre Dame. As set forth in the published...more

President Trump Signs Executive Order Requiring Sex-Based Classifications

Franczek P.C. on 1/22/2025

On January 20, 2025, one of President Trump’s first actions as the president of the United States was signing an Executive Order proclaiming that the U.S. government only recognizes two sexes: male and female. The order goes...more

Federal District Court Vacates 2024 Title IX Regs

Husch Blackwell LLP on 1/20/2025

On January 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky vacated the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX regulations. The vacatur applies nationwide, meaning the 2020 Title IX final rule and Title IX...more

State of Tennessee v. Cardona: Implications of the Vacatur of the 2024 Title IX Regulations

BCLP on 1/17/2025

On April 19, 2024, the Department of Education released its final Title IX regulations regarding sexual discrimination in federally-funded education (the “2024 Title IX Rules”)....more

Federal Judge Strikes Down 2024 Title IX Rules Nationwide

Clark Hill PLC on 1/15/2025

Last week, a federal judge struck down the 2024 Title IX Regulations, ruling that the regulations, which expanded nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students, violate the Constitution. The ruling extends nationwide....more

Federal Court Vacates 2024 Title IX Regulations: What Does This Mean for California Charter Schools?

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP on 1/15/2025

On January 9, 2025, a federal court in Kentucky vacated the 2024 Title IX regulations that had been adopted by the U.S. Department of Education and which have been in effect since August 1, 2024. (Tennessee v. Cardona (E.D....more

Federal Court Strikes Down 2024 Title IX Regulations, So Back to 2020 We Go

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 1/13/2025

A federal judge in Kentucky on Thursday ruled the 2024 Title IX regulations were “arbitrary and capricious” and in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). Unlike other courts that had issued injunctions...more

Department of Education Withdraws Proposed Rule Governing Participation on Athletic Teams Based on Gender Identity

McGuireWoods LLP on 1/9/2025

On Dec. 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education withdrew its proposed rulemaking regarding the application of sex-related criteria to participation on athletic teams under Title IX....more

Implementation Day Arrived, For Some. What’s Next?

TNG Consulting on 8/2/2024

On the morning of August 1, 2024, Title IX experts from TNG Consulting and ATIXA participated in a webinar hosted by the Department of Education (ED) regarding the 2024 Title IX Rule. During the session, U.S. Secretary of...more

Legal Challenges to the 2024 Title IX Regulations – What’s Next for Illinois Schools?

Franczek P.C. on 8/2/2024

Schools throughout the country are preparing to implement the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights’ (“OCR”) long-awaited final 2024 Title IX regulations. These new regulations, which replace the 2020...more

Ready, Set, Wait: Eleventh Circuit Grants Last-Minute Title IX Injunction in Southeastern States

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/2/2024

Less than 24 hours before classroom bells were set to ring in schools across the southeastern United States, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order administratively blocking the implementation of the 2024 Title...more

New Title IX Regulations Halted in Additional States and at Hundreds of Institutions as Department of Education Continues to...

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 7/22/2024

With the August 1, 2024, effective date of the Department of Education’s April Title IX regulations (Final Rule) just weeks away, court action in pending lawsuits challenging the Final Rule across the country continues. The...more

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