Greg Abbott has told universities in Texas to disregard a new Title IX revision that strengthens the rights of transgender students.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has instructed universities and community colleges in the state to ignore the Biden administration's recent revisions to Title IX, which include a ban on discrimination based on gender identity.Title IX, which forms part of a 1972 amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965, outlaws discrimination based on sex within any educational body receiving federal money.
Last week, I instructed the Texas Education Agency to ignore President Biden's illegal dictate of Title IX. Today, I am instructing every public college and university in the State of Texas to do the same.'The law passed by Congress was based on the fundamental premise that there are only two sexes—male and female.
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