Nearly 700 More Colleges Don’t Have to Comply With New Title IX Rule

Colleges and universities in Democratic-led states from California to New York aren’t immune to the legal fights over the Biden administration’s new Title IX regulations, a court filing this week shows. Lawsuits challenging the rule, which strengthens protections for LGBTQ+ students, have come from Republican attorneys general and—until now—only affected the states they represent. But when a federal judge in Kansas blocked the Education Department from enforcing its new regulations in Alaska, Kansas, Utah and Wyoming, he extended the order to cover any school attended by members of three conservative organizations that sued along with the states—Young America’s Foundation, Female Athletes United and Moms for Liberty. When he handed down the order earlier this month, it wasn’t clear just how far that injunction could reach.