On March 5, 2025, the Attorneys General of Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia issued Joint Guidance regarding the Department...
On Friday, February 14, 2025, the Department of Education issued a Title VI Dear Colleague Letter that focused on the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. The letter explained ED’s current interpretation that “[a]lthough SFFA...
On February 4, the U.S. Department of Education re-issued a Dear Colleague Letter to replace the letter issued on January 31, 2025. Background and Bottom Line Generally, the letter acknowledges the court decision from January 9, 2025 vacating the 2024 Title IX Final...
In what seems like a last-minute scramble to tie up loose ends, the Department of Education has published a number of materials in a very short timeframe. New documents include resources on retaliation and resolving hostile environments under Title VI. Since...
In early December, OCR announced the resolution of a Title IX complaint at Paterson Public School District in New Jersey. OCR found the District violated Title IX (as amended in 2020) by failing to offer supportive measures to students, including failing to provide...
On January 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued an opinion and order that vacated the 2024 Title IX regulations. This means that the 2024 regulations will likely no longer apply. Recall that since the August 1 effective date of...
