Release Title IX Guidance Immediately

As civil rights advocates and advocates for student survivors of sex-based harassment,1 we applaud the Biden administration’s work towards ensuring safe, fair, and equal opportunities for all students under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”). This includes taking steps towards undoing the Trump administration’s weakening of civil rights protections for student survivors and ensuring the protection of LGBTQI+ students in the face of mounting violent threats, hateful rhetoric, and cruel attacks from state officials. In keeping with this commitment and the broad promise of Title IX to prevent all forms of sex-based discrimination, we urge the swift release of a robust proposed rule by the Department of Education (“Department”) by the 50th Anniversary of Title IX on June 23, 2022.