Trump officials revise sex discrimination rules
The gist
The Education Department scrapped Biden-era Title IX rules and reinstated 2020 Trump regulations.
The change ends gender-identity protections and reshapes how schools handle sex discrimination.
How it unfolded
- 2020The first Trump administration's Title IX regulations for colleges and universities were promulgated; the new rules reinstate them.
- 2024The Biden administration's Title IX regulations were issued, interpreting protections to prohibit discrimination based on students' sexual orientation and gender identity.
- 2025Courts struck down the Biden interpretation after Republican-led states sued; a federal district judge struck it down for good in the final days of Biden's term, and a second judge issued a similar ruling weeks after Trump took office.