Education Department Rescinds 2024 Title IX Rule, Restoring 2020 Trump-Era Regulations
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 28
Education Department Rescinds 2024 Title IX Rule, Restoring 2020 Trump-Era Regulations
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 28
Summary
Linda McMahon said the Education Department is formally removing Biden’s 2024 Title IX rule from federal regulations and reinstating the 2020 text, after courts had already invalidated the newer rule.
The move is meant to clarify that schools must follow the Trump-era interpretation of Title IX, which the department says reserves girls’ and women’s sports for females; McMahon gave no new compliance deadline.
The 2024 Biden rule had expanded sex-discrimination protections to include gender identity, while a separate proposal on athletic eligibility was withdrawn in December 2024.
The department said states and schools that defy its Title IX stance can face tighter funding controls, DOJ referrals and investigations; McMahon pointed to Maine and to Penn’s 2025 agreement restoring women’s swimming records and titles.
The rollback fits a broader Trump administration push on sex-based sports eligibility, backed by a June 30, 2026 Supreme Court decision upholding Idaho and West Virginia laws limiting girls’ sports to females.