Texas Schools Don’t Have to Comply With New Title IX Federal Rule on Gender, Judge Rules

Published on June 12, 2024

Texas public schools won’t have to comply with a new federal rule that adds “gender” to Title IX protections, a district judge has ruled, in a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The ruling by Texas District Judge Reed O’Connor finds that the defendants failed to follow the proper constitutional procedure in interpreting Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination, in order to advance “an agenda wholly divorced from the text, structure, and contemporary context of Title IX.” Mr. Paxton said the order protects Texas public schools from the administration’s attempt to redefine Title IX to include gender ideology guidelines, which would have allowed men to use women’s bathrooms, permitted men to play in women’s sports, and required teachers and students to use pronouns that don’t align with a student’s sex....

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