Federal Judge Scraps Education Department’s Transgender Title IX Expansion

The judge found the rule change went beyond Title IX, which is aimed at preventing discrimination on the basis of sex.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona delivers remarks at the department's Lyndon Baines Johnson Building in Washington on Jan. 27, 2022. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A federal judge on Jan. 9 scrapped the Education Department’s attempt to expand Title IX protections to people who identify as transgender, finding that the 2024 rule is illegal.

Title IX forbids discrimination on the basis of sex. It applies to schools that receive federal funding.