Biden Administration Breaks Promise to Finalize New Title IX Rules

When he ran for president in 2020, Joe Biden promised to strengthen Title IX, the law prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded institutions, and pledged to “immediately” overturn changes made by the Trump administration. But more than two and a half years after Biden took office, higher education is still waiting for him to keep his promises. The administration’s final rules on Title IX were initially supposed to be issued in May but were then delayed until October. Now that this deadline has been missed, it’s looking like the Trump-era rules will be in effect for another academic year. Advocates for survivors of sexual violence and other student groups, however, are tired of waiting, and say any further delay would harm pregnant and parenting students, LGBTQ+ students, and students of color.