Education Department nullifies previous agreements over gender identity

The Hill - The Education Department took an unprecedented step this week to nullify Title IX agreements previous administrations had made with school districts over gender identity, laying the groundwork for an environment that turns such settlements into political ping-pong. 

The department rescinded six agreements made during the Obama and Biden administrations that required districts to implement policies such as gender discrimination trainings or instructions on preferred names and pronoun usage for transgender students.

The Trump administration said Title IX is based on sex, therefore the enforcement by past administrations was “illegal and burdensome.”