Title IX

noun

1. a clause in the 1972 Education Act stating that no one shall because of sex be denied the benefits of any educational program of activity that receives direct federal aid.

Example Sentences

They could revise, again, enforcement of the Title IX civil rights law to eliminate protections for LGBTQ+ students and strengthen rights for those accused of sexual misconduct.

From Los Angeles Times

Look for changes, again, in how the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights operates in enforcing Title IX, the federal law that bars sex-based discrimination by educational institutions that receive federal funding; and Title VI, which prohibits bias based on race, color or national origin.

From Los Angeles Times

The Trump administration is expected to reverse the Biden administration’s stance that Title IX covers gender and sexual identity, which secured new protections for LGBTQ+ people.

From Los Angeles Times

No-fault divorce legislation came amid other, broader social and cultural changes — like the right for married and then unmarried women to access contraceptives and the passage of Title IX protections against gender-based discrimination — that expanded American women's power even as they faced continued exclusion from certain professions and the gender pay gap.

From Salon

The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law under new Title IX rules, but transgender athletes are not mentioned in the safeguards.

From Los Angeles Times