President Joe Biden often appears confused these days. So maybe it shouldn’t come as a surprise that his major rewrite of Title IX , finally released this month after multiple delays, makes it clear he has zero understanding of why the law exists.
Title IX is the education civil rights law Congress passed in 1972 that demands schools receiving federal funds ban discrimination in programs and activities “on the basis of sex.” It’s a straightforward measure that was ground-changing for women and their access to school sports.
Not anymore.
Since 2022, the Biden administration’s Education Department has worked to respond to a record 240,000 public comments and finalize new rules that undermine the whole point of the law.
I spoke last week with former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who spent years during the Trump administration trying to make Title IX fair for all students – and to ensure that schools upheld students’ constitutional rights.
To put it mildly, DeVos is not pleased that Biden has erased all the positive changes she and her team made, and she argues he has introduced troublesome new ones.
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One thing that DeVos and others are concerned about is Biden’s decision to redefine “sex” to include gender identity – something Congress has not done.
This change will allow for transgender students to…
