Resources on Title IX and Campus Sexual Assault Regulations

Recent Education Department Actions

​​​The Biden Ad​​​ministration

​20​22

On June 23, the Department of Education issued a proposed rule revising the Trump-era Title IX regulations. The proposal would expand the scope of Title IX's protections, including enhanced protections for LGBTQ+ students. Read more.

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In March, the Biden administration issued an executive order directing Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to review the regulations for potential suspension, revision, or rescission. ED's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) held a virtual public hearing ​​June 7-11 to re-examine the rules.

As part of the process, officials requested stakeholders to submit comments to supplement the 600 speaking slots over the five-day event. ACE and 39 other higher education associations submitted comments that highlighted concerns with the highly prescriptive, court-like processes required under the regulations, including the mandate for a live hearing with direct cross-examination.

The Tru​mp Administration

​​​​​​​The Trump administration released its final Title IX campus sexual assault regulation​ on May 6, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rules were effective Aug. 14, 2020.

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
Federal Register | May 19, 2020

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (and instructions for submitting comments)
Federal Register | Nov. 29, 2018

Background

Doe v. Baum, et al. [University of Michigan] (PDF)​
Case No. 17-2213 (6th Cir. Sept. 7, 2018)

Doe v. Brown et al. [Brown University] (PDF)​
Case No. 17-1941 (1st Cir. July 18, 2018) 

Doe v. Columbia University 
Case No. 15-1536 (2d Cir., July 29, 2016​)​

Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education 
526 U.S. 629 (1999)

Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools (PDF)
503 U.S. 60 (1992) 

Doe v. Kegan Allee ​
Court of Appeals for the State of California, Second Appellate District

Harnois v. Univ. of Massachusetts
Case No. 19-10705 (D. Mass., Oct. 28, 2019) ​​

Doe v. Baum and University of Michigan, et al.
Case No. 16-13174  (E.D. Mich., Sept. 30, 2019)

Messeri v. University of Colorado, et al.
Case Number No. 18-cv-2658-WJM-SKC (D. Co. Sept. 23, 2019)​

Doe v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Case No 7:18-cv-170, No. 7:18-cv-320, No. 7:18-cv-492, No. 7:18-cv-523 (W.D. Va. Aug. 15, 2019)​

Haidak v. University of Massachusetts-Amherst, et al.
Case No. No. 18-1248 (1st Cir. Aug. 6, 2019)​

Doe v. Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (PDF)
Case No. No. 3:19CV00038 (W.D. Va. June 28, 2019)

Doe v. DiStefano
Case No. 16-cv-1789-WJM-KLM (D. Colo. June 5, 2019)​

Doe v. Northern Michigan University, ​et al​.
Case No. 2:18-CV-196 (W.D. Mich. May 28, 2019)​

​Sheppard v. The Visitors of Virginia State University, et al​.
Case No. 3:18-CV-723-HEH (E.D. Va. April 25, 2019)

Doe v. Princeton University
Case No. No. 18-16539 (D.N.J. Jan. 9, 2019)

 
 
 

New Proposed Title IX Regulations are Here. Now Wh​​at?

Learn more about Title IX and what the newly proposed regulation​​​s mean for college campuses on ACE's July 14, 2022 dotEdu podcast.

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