Preliminary Injunction Blocking New Title IX Rule Will Remain in Place, Appeals Court Rules

Published on July 18, 2024

An order temporarily blocking the new Title IX rule in multiple states will not be lifted, a federal appeals court ruled on July 17. The new rules, announced by the Department of Education in April, expand the decades-old Title IX law that prohibits sex discrimination in schools to now include sexual orientation and “gender identity.” The latest ruling from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means a preliminary injunction blocking the new rules, handed down last month by a federal district judge in Kentucky, will remain in place for now. That order, issued by U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, blocked the Department of Education (DOE) from enforcing the new Title IX rule in six states: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia....

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