The Biden Administration Announces Next Steps in Overhauling Title IX Regulations
The Education Department announced plans Tuesday to hold a public hearing on how schools ought to handle sexual misconduct cases as the first step in a planned overhaul of Title IX regulations.
In a letter released by the Education Department, the hearing is described as a chance for students, parents, school officials, and advocates to weigh in before the Biden administration offers its proposal for how K-12 schools and colleges receiving public funding must respond to allegations of sexual assault and harassment. The department has not yet announced a timeline for the hearing but plans to share more details in the coming weeks. The hearing will occur over multiple days and include a virtual component, a department official said.
After the hearing, the department intends to begin a formal process known as “proposed rulemaking” to rewrite the Title IX rules, which would include another round of public comments.
