#TitleIX May 27

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Today for the 30-Day Podcast Coach4aday Challenge my theme is TITLE IX

Fifty years ago in June, TITLE IX became law. It defines and ensures gender equity in education. It is a broad piece of legislation that covers more than athletics and sports. Some key issue areas for educational entities are recruitment, admissions, and counseling; financial assistance; sex- or gender-based harassment; treatment of pregnant and parenting students; discipline; single-sex education; and employment. 

My fascination with this topic is occurring for a number of reasons. First the opportunities it provided my daughter with sports and athletics. Second, my 4-year-old granddaughter gets to be involved with soccer, gymnastics, golf, and basketball. Finally, I am assisting a university in their executive search for a Title IX Officer. That search began last week so I wanted to become more conversational with potential prospects about pertinent topics in their field.

Day 27-Podcast

Each week The Title IX and Civil Rights Podcast is hosted by Dan Schorr and Alyssa-Rae McGinn. I listened to it on Spotify.

The episode that I listened to aired May 12, 2022 and was titled “Biden Officials Prepare New Title IX Rules”. Their guest for this episode is a reporter for the Politico named Bianca Quilantan. Next month in June it is anticipated in conjunction with Title IX 50th anniversary the Biden administration is expected to change many of the rules put in place by the Trump administration. Those changes have many in the profession gearing up for major shifts in policies.

Podcast Takeaways

Implementation of any new rules are often difficult to implement. Best guess is an announcement or proposal in 2022 and it will be not transition from proposal to law until 2023 at the earliest.

Transgender students are very likely to have their protections codified in the new proposals. The use of pronouns, access to the bathroom of the gender they identify with, and participation on sports teams are likely all to be addressed. There are at least 12 states that have passed transgender restrictions so there is likely to be a battle between state and federal laws.

Sexual Harassment under Title IX is likely to return to definitions first put in place by the Obama Administration. That definition will be simply “unwanted conduct of sexual nature”. This will make it much easier for students to report sexual harassment.

Finally, there is something called the “Congressional Review Act” that can review and overturn rulings from federal agencies.

Happy 50th Anniversary Title IX looking forward to seeing what you look like after your birthday.