Vice President Biden today announced that the Administration has issued a 'Dear Colleague' letter that withdraws a 2005 interpretation of Title IX policy. Joining the vioce president for today's announcment were Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls.
What is Title IX? It was enacted in 1972, mandating that any educational institution receiving federal funding for programs and activities cannot discriminate on the basis of sex.
In 2005 this policy included compliance standards that were criticized nationwide for being inadequate and inconsistent with Title IX's nondiscrimination goals. Today's announcement reverses this interpretation, and returns to a more thorough test for assessing compliance with Title IX.
-- Rocco Basile
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