On Monday, Louisiana’s major training official told the state’s school districts to reject Joe Biden’s dramatic changes to national Title IX rules that may force schools to identify gender identity and create special arrangements for transgender athletes.
In his notice, Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley told schools that they should never see the new laws and “should not change plans or processes at this time, ” The Hill reported.
Brumley added that Biden’s new regulations are “in direct contradiction ” to the state’s 2022 law that bars transgender student-athletes from competing under their chosen gender on school sports teams.
Demonstrators supporting restrictions on transgender student-athletes are gathered at the Texas State Capitol on the first day of the 87th Legislature’s third special session on September 20, 2021, in Austin, Texas. ( Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images )
The new Title IX rules do not expressly forbid a school from excluding trans-athletes from picking whichever gender category they want to choose at any given time. Still, Brumley insists that the rules as written achieve that goal despite the lack of direct language demanding that outcome.
“You can rest assured that they have the full intent of this applying completely to athletics moving forward, ” Brumley told The Hill.
Brumley also insisted that Biden’s rules changes infringe on the First Amendment rights of those who do not wish to use so-called transgender “pronouns. ” Indeed, a bill is currently being debated in the Louisiana House that would ban schools from requiring staffers to use such language when addressing students, a provision that goes entirely against Biden’s new Title IX rules.
Demonstrators supporting restrictions on transgender student-athletes are gathered at the Texas State Capitol on the first day of the 87th Legislature’s third special session on September 20, 2021, in Austin, Texas. ( Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images )
Brumley added that Biden’s rules are so radical that they will likely end up in court, so schools should avoid making premature policy changes.
He also noted Louisiana itself is considering challenging the rules in court.
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