Final Title IX Rules Likely to Be Pushed Beyond October

The U.S. Department of Education probably won’t meet its own October deadline for releasing the two final Title IX regulations that colleges are anxiously awaiting, policy experts and practitioners say. The likely delay is a blow to the Biden administration, which has made a rework to federal sexual misconduct and gender identity policies a signature initiative. Colleges are also in an awkward position of adhering to an existing Trump-era Title IX regulation, while still needing to prepare for a completely new slate of rules. Title IX is the law banning sex-based discrimination, including sexual violence, in federally funded colleges and K-12 schools.