{"id":2224946,"date":"2024-04-19T05:39:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T09:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-finalizes-controversial-title-ix-rule-to-redefine-sex\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T05:44:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T09:44:46","slug":"biden-administration-finalizes-controversial-title-ix-rule-to-redefine-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-finalizes-controversial-title-ix-rule-to-redefine-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden administration completes contentious Title IX rule restructuring sex definition"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbiden-administration-finalizes-controversial-title-ix-rule-to-redefine-sex%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=2224946&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--><p>The Biden\u2063 administration finalized new Title IX rules, expanding \u2064the sex definition to include transgender identities. The focus is on sexual harassment and \u200cdiscrimination under Title \u2064IX, with plans for a rulemaking\u200d process to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/now-its-girls-irish-dancing-trans-teen-winner-muscles-females-out-of-prestigious-world-competition-slot\/\" title=\"Trans Teen Wins Prestigious World Irish Dancing Slot, Outshining Female Competitors\">address transgender participation<\/a> in sports, \u2062likely after the 2024 election. This change is influenced by the Bostock v. Clayton County case, applying gender identity principles to discrimination laws.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden administration<\/a> finalized its much-anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/title-ix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Title IX<\/a> rules Friday morning, overturning much of the Trump-era rules and expanding the definition of sex to include claimed transgender identities.<\/p>\n<p>The new rules only pertain to the sexual harassment and discrimination portions of Title IX, while an open rulemaking process is set to address issues with transgender participation in sports. The sports rules are not likely to be finalized until after the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the redefinition of sex is fueled by the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in <em>Bostock v. Clayton County<\/em>, where Justice Neil Gorsuch applied an expansive claimed gender identity framework to the definition of sex as it relates to employment discrimination under Title VII.<\/p>\n<p>While Gorsuch wrote that <em>Bostock<\/em> would only narrowly apply to Title VII, President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2708247\/biden-administration-using-supreme-courts-bostock-to-reshape-discrimination-law-nationwide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>issued a day-one executive order<\/a> requiring the entire federal government to apply its reasoning to everything it does. The final rule applies <em>Bostock<\/em> to Title IX.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor over half a century, Title IX has opened doors, expanded access, and promised fairness. Before Title IX was passed in 1972, women and girls didn\u2019t have equal access to education in this country,\u201d Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said on a call with reporters Thursday evening. \u201cThat was unacceptable then, and it\u2019s unfathomable now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTitle IX promises that no person experiences sex discrimination, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-doj-warns-states-ags-feds-back-gender-affirming-care-rights-for-transgender-children\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s DOJ Warns States\u2019 AGs: Feds Back \u2019Gender-Affirming Care\u2019 Rights for \u2018Transgender\u2019 Children\u00a0\">including sex-based harassment<\/a>, or sexual violence in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-call-for-investigation-into-federally-funded-critical-race-theory-program\/\" title=\"Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Federally-Funded Critical Race Theory Program\">federally funded education<\/a>,\u201d Cardona added. <\/p>\n<p>However, many critics of the transgender movement, particularly their inclusion in female-specific facilities and sports, point out that girls are harmed when biological boys are allowed in their private spaces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department of Education has placed Title IX, and the decades of advancement and protections for women and girls that it has yielded, squarely on the chopping block. This final rule dumps kerosene on the already raging fire that is Democrats\u2019 contemptuous culture war that aims to radically redefine sex and gender,\u201d Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in a statement. \u201cThe rule also undermines existing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-our-vote-matters-is-suing-facebook-dominion-mark-zuckerberg-certain-state-officials-others-for-infringing-upon-right-to-vote-assemble-and-speak-freely-you-can-jo\/\" title=\"Group \u201cOur Vote Matters\u201d Is Suing Facebook, Dominion, Mark Zuckerberg, Certain State Officials, Others for Infringing Upon Right to Vote, Assemble and Speak Freely \u2013 You Can Join Too\">due process rights<\/a>, placing students and institutions in legal jeopardy and again undermining the protections Title IX is intended to provide. Evidently, the acceptance of biological reality, and the faithful implementation of the law, are just pills too big for the Department to swallow \u2014 and it shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A major focus of the Trump-era regulations that the Biden administration is now overhauling was laying out the due process rights of students accused of sexual harassment. According to a White House fact sheet, the Education Department kept several of those provisions, including the requirement that the accused is treated with a presumption of innocence and a provision allowing the accused to respond to allegations properly.<\/p>\n<p>The new rules require schools to respond \u201cpromptly and effectively\u201d to sex discrimination complaints with a transparent process for adjudication, according to the fact sheet. In postsecondary education, an appeal process is required.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe regulations support a fair and reliable grievance process in which the burden of proof is on the institution and responsibility determinations are only made after the conclusion of the recipient\u2019s grievance procedures,\u201d an Education Department spokesperson told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cThe presumption of nonresponsibility is one component of that fair and reliable process and is being maintained from the 2020 amendments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cases will be decided on a preponderance of the evidence standard, which is a lower burden of proof standard but permits the higher standard of clear and convincing if the school already employs that standard in comparable proceedings.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration concluded the awaited Title IX rules on Friday, revoking many Trump-era regulations and broadening the sex definition to encompass self-identified transgender individuals. The focus of the new regulations is on sexual harassment and discrimination under Title IX, with plans for a transparent process to address transgender-related concerns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2224947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24109712381674-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2224946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24109712381674-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224946","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\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2224947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}