New Title IX rules from the Biden administration protect LGBTQ students from discrimination, but sidestep transgender athlete eligibility.
BATON ROUGE - A series of resolutions filed by a Louisiana State Representative aims to nudge LaDOTD to take action against traffic issues in the Capital Area.Dixon McMakin (R-Baton Rouge) said he filed three traffic resolutions in the legislature Wednesday. If passed, one of the resolutions could lead to the elimination of the Washington Street exit on I-10 eastbound."Our traffic is horrendous, it is so bad. What we're trying to do is get people in and out of Baton Rouge, and around Baton...
Abbott shared Monday afternoon he sent a letter to President Joe Biden, which detailed how he's instructing the Texas Education Agency "to ignore your illegal dictate" about Title IX. This is the federal policy prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities that get federal funds.
The new Title IX rules expanded the definition of sex-based harassment. Paxton said the change distorted the original intent of the law.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration Monday for expanding federal sex discrimination protections under Title IX to include LGBTQ+ students. Title IX is a sweeping civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination at federally funded colleges and K-12 schools.
The lawsuits are the first to challenge the administration's new Title IX rules, which expand protections to LGBTQ+ students and add new safeguards for victims of sexual assault.
The lawsuits are the first to challenge the administration's new Title IX rules, which expand protections to LGBTQ+ students and add new safeguards for victims of sexual assault.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Another six Republican states are piling on to challenge the Biden administration’s newly expanded campus sexual assault rules, saying they overstep the president’s authority and undermine the Title IX anti-discrimination law. A federal lawsuit led by Kentucky on Tuesday asks a judge to halt and overturn the new policy. The suit is […]
By COLLIN BINKLEY (AP Education Writer) WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican states are filing a barrage of legal challenges against the Biden administration’s new expanded campus sexual assault rules, saying they overstep the president’s authority and undermine the Title IX anti-discrimination law. At least three federal lawsuits were filed on Monday seeking to have the new […]
Another six Republican states are piling on to challenge the Biden administration’s newly expanded campus sexual assault rules, saying they overstep the president’s authority and undermine the Title IX anti-discrimination law
MORNING NEWSBREAK | S.C. Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver is recommending that state school districts disregard new federal rules that would expanded the definition of sex discrimination under Title IX to protect gay, lesbian and transgender (LGBTQ) students. Weaver wrote in a memo that frames herself as a defender of S.C. schools from “divisive distractions […]
S.C. Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver is recommending that state school districts disregard new federal rules that would expand the definition of sex discrimination under Title IX to protect gay, lesbian and transgender (LGBTQ) students. Casting herself as a defender of S.C. schools from “divisive distractions from Washinngton,” Weaver wrote in a memo that she expects the […]