WY State Superintendent supports U.S. Department of Education’s Title IX announcement
February 1, 2025
On Friday, January 31, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education announced that the 2020 Title IX rules will be reinstated to replace the 2024 rules proposed by the Biden administration.
The Wyoming Department of Education said in a statement released Friday, "The 2020 rules better guarantee due process for students and staff involved in Title IX investigations and confirm that individuals are protected based on their biological sex assigned at birth."
"This is great news from the Trump administration as we continue to work on protections for women in Wyoming, including several bills currently before the Legislature. This is about safety and fairness and I will never stop fighting for our girls," said Wyoming State Superintendent Megan Degenfelder.
Title IX is a federal civil rights law passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972. This law protects people from discrimination based on sex in any school or any other education program that receives funding from the federal government. Under the Biden administration, the 2024 Title IX Final Rule expanded the definition of "sex-based harassment" to include harassment based on sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex stereotypes, and pregnancy, among other changes.
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