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Solicitor says federal court rulings return Title IX procedures to 2020 rules; district to reassess processes
Summary
The school district's solicitor briefed the board on recent federal court rulings that block the Biden-era Title IX regulations, saying the district will revert to the 2020 regulatory framework and must revise local procedures and staffing to comply.
Mark Fitzgerald, the district solicitor, told the Saucon Valley School District board Thursday that a recent federal ruling has made the Biden administration's 2024 Title IX regulations unavailable nationwide.
Fitzgerald said the order in a case commonly described as State of Tennessee v. Cardona has “ordered a vacatur” of the 2024 rules and that, as a result, “we're back now to the regulations that were in place last year, the 2020 regulations.”
Why it matters: The change affects how the district investigates complaints and the procedural protections available to people accused of wrongdoing.…
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