US Education Department Designates June as ‘Title IX Month’

The department is investigating the University of Wyoming and Jefferson County Public Schools in Colorado.

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The Department of Education is recognizing June as “Title IX Month” and intends to announce several policies this month aimed at protecting women’s rights at educational institutions, the department said in a June 2 statement.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities receiving federal funding.