A Trump administration official told schools the department will use 2020 Title IX rules to enforce federal law barring discrimination on the basis of sex.

President Donald Trump’s Department of Education has told K-12 schools and higher learning institutions that Title IX protections will be recognized on the basis of biological sex.

In a letter to school districts, universities, and others on Jan. 31, the Education Department said it would reinstate Trump’s Title IX regulations from his first term, dropping an effort from the Biden administration to expand the rules to offer more protections to LGBTQ+ students.

Trump's rules granted substantial due process protections to accused students in sexual misconduct proceedings and survived multiple lawsuits. Biological sex goes back to trumping gender identity after Biden rule's defeat.

Biden’s Title IX update proposed to end DeVos’ requirement of live hearings for sexual assault cases. The update allowed for hearings, yet also permitted campus officials to question students separately. It also allowed more campus employees to inform officials of suspected cases.

On January 9, a federal judge struck down the entirety of the outgoing President Biden administration’s Title IX regulations, finalized in the summer of last year. In the wake of a wave of legal chall

DeVos: It was something that ended up being a motto of sorts in our office: focus on doing something good for kids every day. There are going to be endless distractions, problems, hiccups, frustrations, and the like, but if you come to work every morning with fresh eyes and that posture, it’s easy to keep moving forward.

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Florida basketball coach Todd Golden's attorney released a statement on Monday stating that the Title IX investigation against him by the University of Florida was dismissed due to lack of evidence.