{"id":1114711,"date":"2021-12-13T13:43:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T18:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1114711"},"modified":"2021-12-13T13:43:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T18:43:37","slug":"left-wing-groups-push-biden-ed-department-to-upend-trump-campus-sex-harassment-due-process-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-groups-push-biden-ed-department-to-upend-trump-campus-sex-harassment-due-process-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Left-Wing Groups Push Biden Ed Department to Upend Trump Campus Sex Harassment Due Process Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleft-wing-groups-push-biden-ed-department-to-upend-trump-campus-sex-harassment-due-process-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1114711&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/102539553614459bb80b6e9d063d5ba6-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Biden Education Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/news\/press-releases\/statement-us-department-education-assistant-secretary-office-civil-rights-catherine-lhamon-title-ix-update-fall-2021-unified-agenda-and-regulatory-plan\">announced<\/a> Friday it will begin the rulemaking process for overturning the Trump administration\u2019s Title IX rule on campus sexual harassment in April, one month earlier than originally planned.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Catherine Lhamon said in a statement:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>Today\u2019s step reflects the Department\u2019s commitment to work as speedily as possible toward appropriate and effective regulation in recognition of the importance of ensuring equal access to education for all students and addressing the threat to equal access posed by all forms of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The one-month earlier time frame, however, is still not sufficient for the National Women\u2019s Law Center (NWLC) and 115 other left-wing groups seeking to rescind the Trump administration\u2019s rule that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/08\/12\/court-rejects-democrats-attempt-to-block-trump-admins-title-ix-campus-sex-misconduct-rule\/\">emphasized<\/a> due process rights for students accused of sexual harassment as well as protections for those claiming to be victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is only one month earlier than the previous Unified Agenda schedule, despite sustained calls from survivor advocates for speedier action to restore robust protections against sexual harassment in schools,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nwlc.org\/press-releases\/nwlc-responds-to-the-department-of-educations-unified-agenda\/\">complained<\/a> a statement at NWLC.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.848275862069\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">P.C. Runs Wild: Campus Activists Demand Sensitivity Resignations \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zKmtXPtJDH\">https:\/\/t.co\/zKmtXPtJDH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/663796913158885376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>NWLC and the other groups sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/nwlc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Advocates-letter-to-ED-re-swift-action-on-Title-IX-rule-9.7.21.pdf\">letter<\/a> in September to Education Department Secretary Miguel Cardona and Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Suzanne Goldberg, begging the Biden administration \u201cto take swift, meaningful action to protect students from sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and sex-based stalking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply concerned by the Department\u2019s plan to issue a proposed Title IX rule months later, in May 2022,\u201d the letter continued, adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>We recall that the Trump Title IX final rule took nearly 21 months to go into effect from the time that changes to the Title IX rule were first proposed. If the Department follows a similar timeline with the forthcoming Title IX rule, we fear that students will continue to be harmed by the Trump rule until February 2024\u2014more than two school years from now and more than three years into the current administration.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs the new school year starts, we brace for an unprecedented increase in the number of students experiencing sexual assault and other sex-based harassment,\u201d the letter stated, referencing an anticipated \u201cDouble Red Zone\u201d of campus sex assaults in the period between students\u2019 arrival on campus and Thanksgiving break due to a return to in-person classes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.7730061349693\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update on Biden Admin\u2019s plans to issue new regulations under Title IX; their two goals are 1) weaken free speech &amp; due process protections used by schools to discipline for \u201csexual harassment\u201d (which includes talking about sex\/gender)\u2026and 2)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SuZjcmIx1U\">https:\/\/t.co\/SuZjcmIx1U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Candice Jackson (@CEJacksonLaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CEJacksonLaw\/status\/1469405613566271490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.4970414201183\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2026cover \u201cgender identity discrimination\u201d under Title IX. US ED plans to release proposed regulations in April 2022. Those will be open to public comment so plan now for how to urge ED to center *sex* under Title IX &amp; protect everyone\u2019s rights not to believe in gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Candice Jackson (@CEJacksonLaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CEJacksonLaw\/status\/1469405615411785730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Trump-era Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Education Department Candice Jackson&nbsp;tweeted in response to the announcement the Biden administration\u2019s \u201ctwo goals\u201d are to 1) weaken free speech &amp; due process protections used by schools to discipline for \u201csexual harassment\u201d (which includes talking about sex\/gender) \u2026 and 2) \u2026 cover \u201cgender identity discrimination\u201d under Title IX.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson warned:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>Title IX regulations will be more binding than the current Biden Executive Order. Their plan is to make refusing to play pronoun games, and campaigning for women-only sports\/spaces, a Title IX Sexual Harassment violation that can get violators expelled from school.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cUS ED plans to release proposed regulations in April 2022,\u201d she added. \u201cThose will be open to public comment so plan now for how to urge ED to center *sex* under Title IX &amp; protect everyone\u2019s rights not to believe in gender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.360501567398\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Title IX regulations will be more binding than the current Biden Executive Order. Their plan is to make refusing to play pronoun games, and campaigning for women-only sports\/spaces, a Title IX Sexual Harassment violation that can get violators expelled from school.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Candice Jackson (@CEJacksonLaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CEJacksonLaw\/status\/1469405616636452864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Controversial leftist activist Lhamon, who held the same position during the Obama administration, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/20\/senate-confirms-obama-era-leftist-activist-to-ed-dept-office-for-civil-rights\/\">confirmed<\/a> in October only after Vice President Kamala Harris broke a 50-50 tie in the Senate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>It was Lhamon who issued the Obama-era Title IX guidance that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/radio\/2020\/05\/07\/education-secretary-betsy-devos-title-ix-final-rule-balances-scales-of-justice\/\">placed<\/a>&nbsp;cases involving alleged campus sexual assaults in the hands of college administrators who held what many referred to as \u201ckangaroo courts\u201d as they denied due process rights to accused students.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration rescinded that guidance in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Lhamon then criticized the new Trump-era guidelines in May 2020, asserting on Twitter former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos \u201cpresides over taking us back to the bad old days, that predate my birth, when it was permissible to rape and sexually harass students with impunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.148484848485\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetsyDeVosED?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BetsyDeVosED<\/a>\u2069 presides over taking us back to the bad old days, that predate my birth, when it was permissible to rape and sexually harass students with impunity. Today\u2019s students deserve better, including fair protections consistent with law <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kxn5teeYnE\">https:\/\/t.co\/Kxn5teeYnE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Catherine E. Lhamon (@CatherineLhamon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatherineLhamon\/status\/1257834691366772737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, Lhamon helped draft the 2016 guidance to schools&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/leadership\/obama-admin-to-schools-no-restrictions-on-transgender-restroom-access\/2016\/05\">directing<\/a>&nbsp;them&nbsp;to allow transgender students to use bathroom and locker room facilities that correspond to their gender identity, not biological sex.<\/p>\n<p>The left-wing activist also signed off on&nbsp;guidance in 2014 that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/teaching-learning\/new-federal-school-discipline-guidance-addresses-discrimination-suspensions\/2014\/01\">told<\/a>&nbsp;schools they could be investigated for violating federal civil rights law for racial disparities in their discipline decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden Education Department announced Friday it will begin the rulemaking process for overturning the Trump administration\u2019s Title IX rule on campus sexual harassment in April, one month earlier than &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1114711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1114711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1114711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1114711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1114711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}