Incoming Trump administration heightens anxiety about reversal in Title IX progress

Neena Chaudhry, the director of education and senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center, said Title IX’s guarantee of an equal opportunity to an education is unlikely to change, but each administration chooses where it wants to put its energy and resources. Title IX, as it’s written, doesn’t include sexual assault and gender identity under its protections — those came from OCR letters and guidance, which can be rescinded.