AJE wants to make sure that families are aware of this important news from the US Department of Education.

On August 1, the Department’s 2024 Title IX regulations went into effect in states across the country.  These regulations restore and strengthen vital protections, while clarifying longstanding provisions to help schools better fulfill Title IX’s promise that no person experiences sex discrimination — including sex-based harassment or sexual violence — in federally funded education.  In addition, the regulations offer schools appropriate discretion and flexibility to meet the needs of their unique educational community, while reaffirming the Department’s core commitment to fundamental fairness for all parties, the rights of parents and guardians to support their minor children, and respect for complainants’ autonomy.

To support schools implementing the amended regulations, the Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has released several resources, including:

• 2024 Title IX Regulations: Pointers for Implementation;
• Brief Overview of Key Provisions of the Department of Education’s 2024 Title IX Final Rule;
• Resource for Drafting Nondiscrimination Policies, Notices of Nondiscrimination, and Grievance Procedures with accompanying video, designed to help schools draft policies and procedures that comply with the regulations; and
• Small Entity Compliance Guide.

Despite the amended regulations alignment with Title IX’s nondiscrimination mandate and responsiveness to extensive stakeholder feedback, discrete provisions of the 2024 final rule have been challenged in multiple lawsuits.  As of July 31, 2024, pursuant to federal court orders, the Department is enjoined from enforcing the 2024 regulations in the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming, as well as these schools.  Pending further court orders, the Title IX regulations, as amended in 2020, remain in effect in these states and schools.

Visit OCR’s Title IX landing page for the latest information.