Federal Judge Blocks Final Title IX Rule in Four More States

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s final Title IX rule from going into effect in four states —  Kansas, Alaska, Utah and Wyoming. This makes 14 states where the controversial rule is now on hold by judicial order, which along with legislative challenges is throwing the rule’s Aug. 1 effective date into turmoil. In April, the U.S. Department of Education expanded Title IX regulations to include protections for LGBTQI+ students and employees. But conservative lawmakers and critics immediately pushed back, saying the interpretation overstepped the purpose of the civil rights law designed to ban sex-based discrimination in federally funded colleges and K-12 schools.