WASHINGTON—The Biden administration’s radical rewrite of Title IX, the longstanding federal law created to protect girls and women from sex discrimination in education, takes effect today in public and many private schools in 24 states across the country. While 26 states and nearly 3,000 colleges and universities have secured temporary relief from the new rule, the law’s original purpose will be eviscerated in much of America as women’s private spaces, educational opportunities, athletics, and more are opened to men. 

Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow and former Senior Counsel at the U.S. Department of Education Sarah Parshall Perry made the following statement: 

“Back to school is going to be very different for millions of students whose state lawmakers will comply with this radical attempt to obliterate women’s protections—all so that a small, vocal, and well-funded minority can be ‘affirmed.’

“In over half the nation, girls and women will no longer have any sex-separated bathrooms, locker rooms, housing accommodations, or other educational programs. Women’s sports are likely on the chopping block, too.

"Based on the pace and breadth, litigation will most certainly make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the justices should clarify that educational equality for women and girls matters and that they deserve the protections that Title IX has afforded them for more than 50 years.”