- In January 2023, the Department of Education announced that it would release a final, consolidated Title IX rule in May 2023. In April 2023, as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, 124 gender justice and survivor advocacy organizations urged the administration to keep to its promised deadline.
- In May 2023, the Department of Education announced that the final rule would be delayed until October 2023. In response, 75 gender justice, survivor advocacy, and civil rights organizations urged the administration to finalize a new rule before the 2023-2024 school year—or at the very least, ensure a new rule is in effect by January 2024.
- At the end of October 2023, the Department still had not yet transmitted the final Title IX rule to the Office of Management and Budget for its required review, which can take up to 90 days. Students are suffering their fourth year under the Trump Title IX rule. In response, 127 gender justice, survivor advocacy, and civil rights organizations urged the administration to finalize a new rule immediately.
In September 2022, students, families, educators, advocates, and policymakers submitted hundreds of thousands of comments in response to the Department of Education’s proposed Title IX rules regarding sex discrimination in schools. The proposed rules are a step in the right direction, as they would undo many of the harmful changes regarding sexual harassment made by the Trump administration and would clarify protections for LGBTQI+ students and pregnant and parenting students. But the Department should go further in protecting students’ civil rights. To learn more about our Title IX recommendations to the Department of Education, read these comments and letters that NWLC led or coordinated:
- Recommendations on the full Title IX rules
- NWLC’s Comment
- Advocates’ Sign-On Comment (led by NWLC) on behalf of 189 survivor advocate, gender justice, and other civil rights organizations
- Individuals’ Sign-On Comment on behalf of 8,000+ members of the public
- State Legislators’ Sign-On Comment on behalf of 62 state legislators
- Recommendations on LGBTQI+ students’ rights:
- Advocates’ Sign-On Comment (led by GLSEN; co-led by NWLC) on behalf of 250+ education, civil rights, and youth-serving organizations
- Advocates’ Sign-On Letter to President Biden (co-led by NWLC) on transgender inclusion in athletics on behalf of 50 women’s rights and gender justice organizations
- Recommendations on pregnant and parenting students’ rights:
- Advocates’ Sign-On Comment (co-led by NWLC) on behalf of 27 organizations
- Students’ Sign-On Comment on behalf of 75 current and former pregnant and parenting students