Federal Judge: 4 States Must Enforce New Title IX Rules on Gender

Twenty-six states are suing the Biden administration over its expansion of the law barring sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs.

The U.S. Department of Education in Washington on June 10, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A federal judge has shot down a bid to block the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule from going into effect in four Southern states.

The July 30 ruling from U.S. District Judge Annemarie Axon of the Northern District of Alabama paves the way for the U.S. Department of Education to enforce its new rule in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina starting on Aug. 1.