Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 protects people from discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. (Photo by Getty Images)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit has ruled against the Biden administration’s guidance on how schools should protect students from discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
The court ruled That is the guidance on Friday of the U.S. Department of Education is invalid and affirms a lower court ruling. Kentucky is one of 20 states that supported the challenge to the Title IX directive. The office of former Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed briefs in support of the plaintiffs.
Most states in the case, including Kentucky, have banned transgender athletes from competing on school teams that match their gender identity. The federal rules could have conflicted with those state laws or regulations, prosecutors argued.
Oklahoma Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond, who was among the coalition of AGs, said the ban about transgender athletes “protects female students on the athletic field, as well as in bathrooms and locker rooms.”
Earlier this week, a federal judge in Kentucky spoke reached a similar conclusion in one case filed by several GOP attorneys general, including Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman. That lawsuit focuses on the rules issued by the Ministry of Education after issuing the guidelines.
In a statement about that lawsuit, Coleman said the “ruling recognized the more than fifty years of educational opportunities that Title IX has created for students and athletes.”
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