Overview
- The Education Department’s civil rights office, which announced the move Monday, canceled portions of six settlements and ended federal monitoring at five districts and Taft College.
- The department said it will no longer enforce agreements with Sacramento City Unified, La Mesa–Spring Valley, Cape Henlopen, Fife, Delaware Valley, and Taft College.
- The rescinded terms had required steps like training on pronoun use and access to bathrooms by gender identity, which officials now reject under a sex-only reading of Title IX.
- Districts are reacting unevenly, with Pennsylvania’s Delaware Valley rolling back protections after a February notice, while Sacramento City Unified said it plans to keep its policies.
- The shift follows a January 2025 ruling that set aside Biden’s 2024 Title IX rule and a return to the 2020 standard, drawing supportive coverage from conservative outlets and strong criticism from LGBTQ and civil-rights advocates.