Education Department rescinds Biden Title IX rule, restores Trump-era regulations

Key Points:

• The U.S. Department of Education, led by Secretary Linda McMahon, is officially rescinding the Biden administration's 2024 Title IX rule, restoring the 2020 regulations that restrict girls' and women's sports to females only.
• This move clarifies the enforcement of Title IX as originally intended, reversing the Biden rule that expanded protections to include gender identity and had been invalidated by courts.
• The department is applying consequences to states and schools that allow transgender athletes in female sports, including funding restrictions and referrals to the Department of Justice, exemplified by actions against Maine.
• McMahon highlighted the University of Pennsylvania case as a precedent where female athletes had records and titles restored after competing against a transgender athlete, though future cases will be reviewed individually.
• Following the Supreme Court's June 2026 ruling upholding sex-based sports restrictions in Idaho and West Virginia, McMahon emphasized that Title IX itself mandates sex-based eligibility in girls' and women's sports nationwide.