The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday issued the long-awaited finalized Title IX rules, an overhaul to the handling of sexual assault and harassment accusations in college campuses and K-12 schools.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos first announced her intent to revise the Obama administration’s guidelines on Title IX complaints in September 2017, and released a draft of changes almost a year later. The Department said that the original federal guidance encouraged colleges and universities to set up so-called “kangaroo courts,” which unfairly favored the accusers and deprived accused individuals of their basic due process rights.
