Title IX
Belle Academy of Cosmetology
Title IX Information & Support
DoE 2020 Title IX, & Supportive Links
Title 9 – Anti-Discrimination/Human Interest Issues – Website Links
Unofficial Title 9 Regulations – https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/titleix-regs-unofficial.pdf
LGBTQ College Student Guide – https://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/lgbtq-college-student-guide/
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Transgender College Student Guide – https://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/transgender-college-student-guide/
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Cyberbullying Awareness and Prevention – https://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/college-resource-center/cyberbullying-awareness/
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LGBTQ Student Support – https://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/resources/lgbtq-student-support/
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LGBTQ Youth Guide – https://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/education-teaching-degree/lgbtq-youth/
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Violence Awareness and Prevention Guide – https://www.learnpsychology.org/now/violence/
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Suicide and Depression Guidebook – https://www.learnpsychology.org/suicide-depression-student-guidebook/
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Transgender Student Support Guidebook – https://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/resources/transgender-student-support/
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Bullying Awareness and Prevention Guide – www.learnpsychology.org/now/bullying/
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End Violence against women. – https://evawintl.org
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Sexual Assault Survivors Website. – https://www.nsvrc.org/survivors
Resources for Online Bullying for Social Workers – https://onlinemswprograms.com/resources/social-issues/cyberbullying/
Human Trafficking Awareness information. > Increase your awareness < — Referrals: https://humantraffickinghotline.org/training-resources/referral-directory
Sexual Assault in the Workplace – https://helpingsurvivors.org/workplace-sexual-assault/
Helping Survivors – https://helpingsurvivors.org/
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Complete Title 9 Information:
The U.S. Department of Education today released its Final Rule under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance. In addition to posting the unofficial version of the Final Rule, the Department is releasing a Final Rule Fact Sheet, a Final Rule Overview, a document detailing the major provisions of the Final Rule, and a document highlighting changes between the prior Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and the Final Rule. Finally, the Office for Civil Rights has also released a Webinar describing the Final Rule and many of its features.
The Final Rule is clear, predictable, and effective at ensuring schools have the tools they need to address incidents of sexual harassment in their programs and activities. Under the Final Rule, schools know the importance of responding to such incidents appropriately by supporting survivors, as well as by providing a fair, transparent process for investigating and adjudicating sexual harassment matters. The Final Rule will carry the force and effect of law as of August 14, 2020.
Title IX Regulations Addressing Sexual Harassment (Unofficial Copy)
Title IX: U.S. Department of Education Title IX Final Rule Fact Sheet
Title IX: U.S. Department of Education Title IX Final Rule Overview
Title IX: Summary of Major Provisions of the Department of Education’s Title IX Final Rule
OCR Webinar: Title IX Regulations Addressing Sexual Harassment (Length: 01:11:29) 05/06/2020
Recent Title IX update:
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS THE ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY |
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January 31, 2025 Dear Colleague: This letter is to clarify that, effective immediately, the United States Department of Education’s (ED) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will enforce Title IX under the provisions of the 2020 Title IX Rule, rather than the recently invalidated 2024 Title IX Rule. Accordingly, lawful Title IX enforcement includes, inter alia, the definition of sexual harassment, the procedural protections owed to complainants and respondents, the provision of supportive measures to complainants, school-level reporting processes, and the interpretation of “sex” to mean the objective, immutable characteristic of being born male or female as outlined in the 2020 Title IX Rule. On January 9, 2025, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued a decision vacating the 2024 Title IX Rule, which prohibited ED from enforcing it in any jurisdiction.1 Prior to that decision, federal courts in other jurisdictions enjoined the 2024 Title IX Rule, which amounted to a prohibition against its enforcement in 26 states.2 Indeed, “every court presented with a challenge to the [2024 Title IX Rule] has indicated that it is unlawful.”3 In OCR’s view, the Eastern District of Kentucky’s decision expressed the proper textual and original meaning of Title IX, and it correctly repudiated the 2024 Title IX Rule’s expanded “meaning of ‘on the basis of sex’ to include ‘gender identity,’” which, if left in place, would “turn Title IX on its head.”4 Likewise, the court rejected the 2024 Title IX Rule’s statement that discrimination on the basis of sex also includes discrimination on the basis of sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, and sexual orientation.5 Equally fatal to the 2024 Title IX Rule, on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, that directly contradicts the vacated rule’s novel and expansive meaning of “on the basis of sex.” President Trump ordered all agencies and departments within the Executive Branch to “enforce all sex-protective laws to promote [the] reality” that there are “two sexes, male and female,” and that “[t]hese sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.” As a constitutional matter, the President’s interpretation of the law governs because he alone controls and supervises subordinate officers who exercise discretionary executive power on his behalf.6 That unified control extends to ED and OCR; therefore, Title IX must be enforced consistent with President Trump’s order. In light of these federal court decisions and President Trump’s Defending Women Executive Order, the binding regulatory framework for Title IX enforcement includes the principles and provisions of the 2020 Title IX Rule and the longstanding Title IX regulations outlined in 34 C.F.R. 106 et seq., but excludes the vacated 2024 Title IX Rule. Accordingly, open Title IX investigations initiated under the 2024 Title IX Rule should be immediately reoriented to comport fully with the requirements of the 2020 Title IX Rule. Resources pertaining to Title IX and the 2020 Title IX Rule are available here. Sincerely, /s/ ____________ 1 Tennessee v. Cardona, No. 24-0072-DCR, 2025 WL 63795, at *6 (E.D. Ky. Jan. 9, 2025). 6 See Seila Law LLC v. CFPB, 591 U.S. 197, 203-4, 213 (2020) (“Under our Constitution, the executive Power—all of it—is vested in a President, who must take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed. Because no single person could fulfill that responsibility alone, the Framers expected that the President would rely on subordinate officers for assistance . . . . As Madison explained, if any power whatsoever is in its nature Executive, it is the power of appointing, overseeing, and controlling those who execute the laws.”) (citations omitted) (cleaned up). |
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