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Title IX Final Rules –Anticipated Release Date Moved to October 2023
As we head into the long weekend, we wanted to share a quick Title IX update from the Department of Education. The Department just announced through a blog post that due to the large number of public comments it received…
OCR Releases Proposed Rule Updating Title IX on Student Eligibility for Athletics
On April 6, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its much-anticipated proposed Title IX rule on the eligibility of students for participation in athletic programs based on their gender identity. The proposed rule, which has garnered…
Title IX Updates in Athletics: Recent OCR Guidance, Complaint Resolution
Athletics is poised to be a major topic in Title IX this year. The participation of transgender athletes in school sports continues to dominate headlines, as we reported earlier on this blog, while gender inequity remains a key concern in…
Title IX Updates: Recent Moves by Biden Administration, Congress to Address Sexual Violence on Campus
By Kaitlin Atlas & Zach Gray
In this post, we continue our recap of recent Title IX-related news that you might have missed and noteworthy items to keep an eye on in 2023 (you can read updates from our last post here). Below, we cover…
Title IX Updates: Key Wins—and a Loss—in Federal Courts for Transgender Students and Athletes
Happy New Year from the Title IX team at Franczek! Over the next several posts, we will be providing Title IX updates from the end of 2022 that you might have missed, as well as noteworthy items to keep an…
Franczek’s Title IX Team Published in Illinois Association of School Business Officials UPDATE Magazine
An article by Franczek’s Title IX team—partners Kaitlin Atlas, Amy Dickerson, Jennifer Smith, attorney Emily Tulloch, and law clerk Jenny Lee*—was published in the Winter 2022 Risk Management issue of the Illinois Association of School Business Officials (IASBO) UPDATE magazine.…
Update on Biden Administration’s Title IX Proposed Rule
As we’re nearing the end of the calendar year, many of you may be wondering where things stand with the Biden Administration’s proposed Title IX regulations. As we previously reported on this blog, the proposed Title IX rule would significantly…
Title IX Protections for Pregnancy after Overturning of Roe v. Wade
The Biden Administration has recently taken steps through agency guidance, rulemaking and decision-making to highlight protections for students and employees with pregnancy-related conditions, including abortion, under the umbrella of Title IX. Against the backdrop of the Supreme Court’s recent decision…
What’s the Future for Biden Administration Protections for LGBTQ+ Students and Employees under Title IX?
Recent court and OCR decisions regarding transgender students and employees reflect widely varying responses to the Biden administration’s efforts to expand protections for LGBTQ+ individuals under federal law, including Title IX. In January 2021, President Biden issued an executive order applying…