Texas judges issue additional rulings blocking Title IX revisions

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Texas judges issue additional rulings blocking Title IX revisions

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Story by Bethany Blankley (16 July 2024)

Two federal judges have ruled in favor of Texas and Texas plaintiffs in separate lawsuits filed to block a Biden administration Title IX rule change from going into effect.

Texas is now the 15th state where the revisions are blocked from going into effect ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline.

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas Amarillo Division on Friday granted the state's request in a lawsuit filed by the state and two University of Texas at Austin professors. Kacsmaryk enjoined the U.S. Department of Education from "implementing, enacting, enforcing, or taking any action any manner to enforce" a new rule that revised Title IX pending the resolution of the case.

In response, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, said, "Texas has successfully blocked Biden's Department of Education from destroying Title IX protections for women and forcing radical 'transgender' ideology on Texas schools. Biden's rule would have forced our schools to accommodate biological men on women's sports teams and in female bathrooms, showers, and locker rooms, and required students and teachers to use incorrect pronouns. A federal judge has halted Biden's rule pending a final ruling. It's an honor to defend our State from Biden's unlawful subversion of Title IX."