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Subcommittee delays Title IX rewrite amid federal-state questions; recommends memo and sends discrimination timeline changes to board
Summary
The Darien policy subcommittee on March 18 deferred a proposed Title IX rewrite and asked outside counsel for a memo to clarify conflicts between federal guidance and Connecticut law, while recommending edits to the district’s discrimination-appeal timelines.
The Darien Board of Education policy subcommittee on March 18 deferred action on a proposed Title IX rewrite and asked for legal guidance from its outside counsel, Shipman & Goodwin, citing unresolved conflicts between recent federal actions and Connecticut law.
Staff told the subcommittee that the Department of Education’s 2024 final Title IX rule had been held invalid by a district court in Kentucky and that the Office for Civil Rights later clarified the rule’s applicability. The materials presented to the subcommittee reflect the 2020 Title IX guidance, which yields a narrower definition of…
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