The new provisions are part of a revised Title IX regulation issued by the Education Department, fulfilling a campaign pledge by President Biden
The Biden administration has unveiled new rules to safeguard LGBTQ+ students and change the ways in which sexual harassment and assault claims are adjudicated on campus. to revamp those issued during the Trump administration. Missing from the new rule, however, is a policy forbidding schools from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes competing against biological females. The Biden administration was widely expected to bring in such a policy but has instead put the provision on hold.
Biden is also officially undoing sexual assault rules put in place by his predecessor and current election-year opponent, former President Donald Trump. The final policy drew praise from victims' advocates, while Republicans said it erodes the rights of accused students. The new rule makes 'crystal clear that everyone can access schools that are safe, welcoming and that respect their rights,' Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said.
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