Why did the Energy Department issue a Title IX rule?

Published on June 16, 2025

Why did the Energy Department issue a Title IX rule?

Still, Shiwali Patel, senior director of safe and inclusive schools for the National Women’s Law Center, called the Energy Department rule “blatant sexism, and harmful to women and girls.”

″The Trump administration is trying to gut long standing Title IX protections that intend to provide women and girls with more opportunities to play sports — and without following the legally required rulemaking process no less,” Patel said in an email to K-12 Dive.

“The Trump administration doesn’t actually care about ‘protecting’ women and girls, and instead, is actively seeking to dismantle” protections for them, Patel said.

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Why did the Energy Department issue a Title IX rule?