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At Long Last: What’s Included in the 2024 Title IX Regulations

| Felice Duffy | Title IX : News

Nearly two years after the Biden administration announced proposed new rules governing Title IX administration, the Final Rule has been released. The Administration announced an intention to build on the progress achieved over the more than 50 years since Title IX first entered the education landscape. While the Administration lauded the “tremendous strides in access …

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ALERT: NEW TITLE IX RULES ISSUED APRIL 19, 2024

| Felice Duffy | Title IX

The Biden administration has introduced comprehensive changes to Title IX, aimed at reinstating protections for sexual assault survivors that were rolled back by the Trump administration. The new rules, effective starting August 1, also strengthen protections for pregnant women and LGBTQ students and expand the definition of sex discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender …

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The Role of Title IX Coordinators

| Felice Duffy | Title IX, Title IX : Employment

The scheme of regulations supporting Title IX requires all schools that receive federal funding to have at least one employee who is designated to serve as the Title IX Coordinator for that school. However many people are unclear about what the Coordinator is supposed to do and what to expect from the Coordinator. A complainant …

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The Impact of Title IX on Campus Culture: Successes and Room for Improvement

| Felice Duffy | Title IX, Title IX : Athletics, Title IX : Sexual Assault/Misconduct

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 has such an overwhelming impact on college campuses that it is difficult to imagine what campus culture would look like without this landmark legislation. A few simple words embedded in the U.S. Code have been expanded by regulations and embellished by interpretation to affect everything from academic …

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Title IX and Online Education: Ensuring Equality in Virtual Spaces

| Felice Duffy | Title IX

Online classes had been increasing steadily in number at all levels for years when the COVID pandemic hit in 2020 and pushed the trend into hyperdrive. Then, online education became the only option for a year or more for many students. Once classrooms opened up again, online options remained popular as a way for students …

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