Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues Biden Admin Over New Title IX Rule to Mandate Gender Ideology 👉 Updatem News

The changes will also remove some stipulations established by the Trump administration.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over a new rule that expands Title IX to include sexual discrimination based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

The lawsuit argues that the new rule “contorts protections for women” by forcing schools to allow males identifying as women to enter female-only spaces, such as restrooms and locker rooms, and to allow men to join female-only organizations.

“This rule violates existing federal law, ignores the Constitution, and denies women the protections that Title IX was intended to afford them,” according to the Texas Attorney General’s Office. “The Biden Administration has exceeded its authority and radically distorted the meaning intended by Congress when the law was made.”

Public schools refusing to comply would face losing federal funding. The amendment issued on April 19 would apply to all public schools, including elementary through high school, colleges, and universities.

The changes will also remove some stipulations established by the Trump administration, such as a tighter requirement for proving cases of sexual harassment.

“This regulation is an assault on women and girls,” former Education Secretary Betsy Devos wrote on social media platform X. “It makes it a federal requirement that boys be allowed in girls bathrooms in elementary schools. It makes it a federal requirement that men be allowed to play women’s sports, putting their safety, privacy and competitive opportunity at risk. And it makes it a federal requirement that feelings, not facts, dictate how Title IX is enforced.”