Education Secretary Miguel Cardona disingenuously claimed in a phone with reporters last week that the Biden administration’s radical fresh Title IX law makes” crystal clear that everyone can get institutions that are safe, loving and that respect their rights.” In reality, the new Title IX rules socially engineer every aspect of the educational environment, making unsafe and unwelcome environments for girls and young women, and undermine parents who reject biological reality.
Despite the widespread misconception that Title IX is all about protecting women’s collegiate sports, it is a strong anti-discrimination mandate that forbids federally funded educational institutions from discriminating “on the basis of sex,” including early childhood, K-12, educational programs, and higher education. According to Title IX, which was enacted as part of the Education Amendments of 1972,” No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, [emphasis added ] be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
The Biden administration’s recently finalized 1, 577- page regulations dramatically expand Title IX’s statutory protections for sex discrimination by redefining” sex” to include so- called gender identity, sex stereotypes, sexual orientation, pregnancy, and sex characteristics. But, as the vast majority of Americans know,” sex” ( sometimes incorrectly referred to as gender ) is not the same as “gender identity”. According to polling,” Most Americans do n’t believe it’s even possible to be a gender that is n’t assigned at birth,” as The Washington Post acknowledged last year.
Ending Free Speech
Not to make it easier for men claiming an alternative “gender identity” to access women’s scholarships and spaces, Title IX was intended to ensure that women were treated fairly and have educational opportunities. Additionally, it was n’t intended to be used to censor protected speech by punishing teachers and students for using biologically false pronouns.
That’s right: When Biden’s Title IX rule takes effect on Aug. 1, using the “wrong” ( e. g., biologically accurate ) pronouns will be considered” sex- based harassment” and a federal civil rights violation worthy of investigation and discipline.
Undermining Parents
On top of allowing males to self- identify into women’s spaces and opportunities, destabilizing educational environments, and curtailing free speech, the behemoth Title IX rule also undermines parents. School districts are likely to assume that federal regulations that are currently required for thousands of schools across the nation will cover the gender confusion of emotionally vulnerable children.
Under these parental- exclusion policies, when a child decides to embrace a new name, identity, and set of pronouns, school staff swiftly craft “gender support plans” that codify the child’s new identity and determine the bathrooms, locker rooms, and sleeping arrangements for overnight trips the child will use. The child decides whether the school should actively guard the children’s medical histories and prevent them from learning their new name and identity, uniting the entire school community in opposition to the parents.
The administration’s Title IX rule commentary directly instructs schools to update their internal gender identity policies and provides examples of state and district policies that explicitly require schools to conceal a child’s chosen identity from his or her parents. However, the administration claims that “nothing in these final regulations prevents a recipient from disclosing information about a minor child to their parent who has the legal right to receive disclosures on behalf of their child.
Investigating” Sex-Based Harassment.”
Under the new rule, a middle school student may file a Title IX violation if he or she believes his or her teacher has not kept his “gender fluid” identity adequately hidden from his parents. The Title IX coordinator for the school district would conduct an investigation to avoid losing federal funding or facing a federal investigation.
As WebMD states,” A person who is gender fluid may identify as male one day, female the next, both male and female, or neither”. Therefore, every student and teacher at the middle school risk violating Title IX if they do n’t use that day’s” correct” pronouns unabatedly (until he embraces a different gender identity or accepts biological reality ).
Alarmingly, the regulations state that” sex-based harassment” that occurs outside of school may be a Title IX violation if the behavior contributes to a hostile environment at school. The final rule addresses stakeholders ‘ concerns about administrative overreach by double down and stating that schools are required to “address a hostile environment” “even when some conduct alleged to be contributing to the hostile environment occurred outside the recipient’s education program or activity.”
A school may interpret a parent’s belief in biological reality as a Title IX violation if a child claims she is upset that her parents are gently asking her why she suddenly considers herself to be a boy. Although the regulations pay lip service to parental rights, the administration also instructs schools to coordinate with a child” and their parent, as appropriate” ]emphasis added ] on a case- by- case basis.
As they launch investigations, develop and implement policies that ensure radical gender ideology is enforced at all levels of education and in students ‘ homes, Title IX coordinators in school districts will be extremely powerful people.
Parental Rights
The new rule throws federal laws that involve their parents out the window, despite the fact that many children who struggle with gender identity have special needs. The federal Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act ( IDEA ) mandates that parents be included in the decision-making process when schools decide how to address a child’s needs, while the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ( FERPA ) guarantees parents ‘ rights to inspect and review their children’s educational records.
The Biden regime acknowledges these long-standing federal safeguards, but the Title IX rule specifically states that “requirements of Title IX override any conflicting FERPA provisions.” Additionally, the Biden administration asserts that the new Title IX regulations undermine the authority of state legislatures and parents by overruling numerous state laws protecting parental rights.
Parents do not hand their children to government schools that are under the federal government, and they assume that the school will make decisions that affect their children’s emotional and physical well-being without parental consent. As parents, we have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing, care, and education of our children. We’re not going to let the Biden administration’s outrageous Title IX rule change that.
The Biden administration is preparing to sue the Independent Women’s Law Center for Title IX.
