Watchdog urges feds to rescind Biden’s Title IX rule

(The Center Square) – Defending Education, a nonprofit, has urged the U.S. Department of Education to rescind the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX rule that expanded sex discrimination protections to include gender identity and sexual orientation. Defending Education submitted a letter on Wednesday to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Deputy Attorney General Eric Hamilton, requesting to revoke the rule, “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance.” This follows a 2025 ruling from a federal judge that struck down the Biden administration's Title IX rule, stating that it exceeded its authority by expanding sex discrimination protections under the 1972 law to include LGBTQ+ individuals. Defending Education Letter In its letter, Defending Education argued that the rule conflicted with the statutory language o