The U.S. District Court has ruled that the Biden Administration’s proposed revisions to Title IX of Education Amendments of 1971 are invalid on a national basis. This is the result of a lawsuit brought in April 2024 against the federal Department of Education by Virginia Attorney-General Jason Miyares, along with five other state attorneys general.

This order voids the illegal agency action and prevents it from being implemented anywhere in the nation.

“I am proud to have successfully protected Title IX against the federal government’s attempt to take away half a century’s worth of protections for women, and punish States who follow their own laws,” stated Attorney General Jason Miyares.

Title IX, which has been in place for over 50 years, prohibits sex discrimination at federally funded schools. This protects students’ rights according to their biological sex. The Biden DOE’s new rule sought a definition of sex-based discrimination that included gender identity discrimination. This would have eliminated biological distinctions from educational settings, and forced states to adopt radical gender ideologies.

The district court in Virginia and the other states in the coalition granted a preliminary order injunction in June 2024. The Biden administration sought emergency relief in response to that decision. However, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected it correctly. Back at the district court, the parties briefed motions for summary judgment so the district court could come to a final–not just preliminary–determination on the rule.

The district court today vacated Biden’s rule across the country, affirming the proposed Title IX reformulation by the Biden administration exceeded DOE’s authority as per the Title IX legislation passed by Congress. It also violated the Constitution and was the result arbitrary and capricious action.

FairfaxGOP originally wrote this and published it as Miyares succeeds in canceling Biden Administration's Title IX rewrite