Biden Revives Title XI Menace

In pop culture and in life, good sequels tend to be the exception, not the rule. And so it is with federal regulations.

Earlier this month, President Biden’s Education Department proposed new Title IX regulations. The new regulations are meant to counter the groundbreaking regulations promulgated in 2020 by then–secretary of education Betsy DeVos. Currently the law of the land until ED accepts and considers public comments and publishes final regulations (likely to occur in 2023), the DeVos regulations include a slew of critically important reforms. For starters, unlike the prior regime enforced by the Obama administration, the DeVos regulations let educational institutions know exactly what the law requires when responding to complaints of sexual harassment. They also direct schools to provide students suffering from sexual harassment with supportive measures if requested, even if the student doesn’t want to file a formal Title IX complaint.

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Robert S. Eitel

Robert S. Eitel is the president and co-founder of the Defense of Freedom Institute.

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In pop culture and in life, good sequels tend to be the exception, not the rule. And so it is with federal regulations.

Earlier this month, President Biden’s Education Department proposed new Title IX regulations. The new regulations are meant to counter the groundbreaking regulations promulgated in 2020 by then–secretary of education Betsy DeVos. Currently the law of the land until ED accepts and considers public comments and publishes final regulations (likely to occur in 2023), the DeVos regulations include a slew of critically important reforms. For starters, unlike the prior regime enforced by the Obama administration, the DeVos regulations let educational institutions know exactly what the law requires when responding to complaints of sexual harassment. They also direct schools to provide students suffering from sexual harassment with supportive measures if requested, even if the student doesn’t want to file a formal Title IX complaint.