The U.S. Department of Education rescinds the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX rule and restores earlier Title IX regulations, according to reports from multiple outlets. The change is announced by Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, who says the department is returning to a framework tied to sex categories used for sports participation.
Outlets describe the action as a shift away from the Biden administration’s approach to defining sex under Title IX, which they characterize as expanding protections and addressing gender identity. Supporters cited by outlets say the move clarifies that students participate in sports consistent with their sex as recognized in the regulations. Other coverage emphasizes that the department reinstates the 2020 Title IX regulations adopted during the first Trump administration and that litigation had previously limited the earlier administration’s ability to finalize or implement similar changes.
Overall, the sources agree on the direction of the policy change—rescission of the 2024 rule and reinstatement of the Trump-era regulations—while differing in the language used to characterize the Biden-era rule and the motivation for the department’s action.
