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School board hears legal uncertainty around new Title IX 2024 rules; opts to let courts decide
Summary
Board attorney reviewed the Department of Educations new 2024 Title IX regulations, ongoing litigation and local implications; board said it will not change local policy now and will monitor court activity.
Mister Shatley, the boards attorney, told the Iredell-Statesville Schools board that the U.S. Department of Education issued new Title IX regulations in 2024 and that litigation is underway in multiple states, including a preliminary injunction issued July 2 by a federal court in Kansas affecting schools attended by members of certain plaintiff organizations.
Shatley said the 2024 rules expand the forms of discrimination covered by Title IX beyond the 2020 ruleswhich focused on sex-based harassmentto include broader categories such as pregnancy and, explicitly, sexual orientation and gender identity. He described several…
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