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School board weighs response after federal court vacates 2024 Title IX rule
Summary
A Jan. 9 federal decision that vacated the 2024 Title IX regulations left the D C Everest Area School District board and administrators parsing which investigative procedures to use. The board agreed to review policy language within 30 days and to seek legal guidance; administrators said they will follow the 2020 procedures for any new reports.
Next up was an update on Title IX policy after a federal court decision that vacated the Education Department's 2024 Title IX rule.
The issue matters because the district earlier amended its policies (2264 and 2266) to reflect the 2024 regulations. With the court action, the board and staff said they now face a patchwork of guidance about which investigative procedures to follow for incidents reported during the narrow interval when the 2024 rule was effective.
Dr. Knight, the district superintendent, told the board the district had received fresh guidance from Neola and the Department of Education showing the 2024 rule had been vacated and said staff will default to the 2020 procedures for handling complaints until the board receives clearer legal direction. "If an incident were…
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