What is Title IX and where is it going?
NEW TITLE IX GENDER IDENTITY REGULATION
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DECLARES WAR ON PARENTS AND GIRLS
On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Dept. of Education imposed sweeping new Title IX regulations that promote radical gender identity ideology as mandated policy in our schools.
Title IX regulates every public K-12 school, college, and university in the nation that receives federal funds. So it impacts tens of millions of children and parents.
The new regulations go around Congress and expand Title IX to include gender identity. This will have devastating effects on parental rights, children’s well-being, First Amendment rights, and girls’ privacy, safety, and sports opportunities.
Here is what these regulations will do:
Create a new category of “sex discrimination” based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The new regulations declare that preventing a student from participating in any school activity “consistent with their gender identity” subjects a student to harm.
Make Upholding Biological Reality a Form of “Sex-based Harassment.”
Actions like using a child’s given name and biologically accurate pronouns, instead of a preferred name and pronouns, may be regarded as sex-based harassment.
Require Schools to Open Up Their Privacy Facilities Based on Gender Identity.
These regulations permit males who identify as females to use privacy facilities set aside for females, placing girls at heightened risk for violations of their privacy and safety, and vice versa.
Jeopardize Girls’ and Women’s Athletic and Educational Opportunities.
These rules will force girls and women to compete on an unfair basis for athletic opportunities and scholarships against males and create significant risks of injury for girls and women.
Threaten Religious Freedom and Free Speech in favor of Gender Indoctrination.
These rules will compel students and staff to refer to others as something other than their sex, which violates their First Amendment rights to speak freely and treat others in a manner that is biologically accurate and consistent with their faith.
Turn Title IX Coordinators into federal law enforcement officials.
The new rules give Title IX Coordinators sweeping new authority, such as deciding whether to make a complaint against a school official or another student.
Normalize Gender Identity Ideology and Harm Children’s Health.
The new regulations promote gender identity ideology, which encourages students to believe they can be “born in the wrong body” and makes it less likely gender dysphoric children will reconnect with their sex. Many will then pursue chemical and surgical alterations that have life-altering consequences, like sterility and life-long sexual dysfunction, interrupting healthy growth and development, and other serious health risks.
Create a Head-On Collision With Parental Rights
The new regulations require K-12 schools to support socially transitioning children to a different gender without requiring notice to parents, the involvement of medical professionals, or legal documentation. These rules will likely increase calls to child protective services for parents who uphold biological reality.
Threaten Religious Freedom and Free Speech in favor of Gender Indoctrination.
School districts will be forced to adopt policies that compel students and staff to refer to others as something other than their sex. This violates students’ and teachers’ First Amendment rights to speak freely and treat others in a manner that is biologically accurate and consistent with their faith.
Turn Title IX Coordinators into federal law enforcement officials.
The new regulations give Title IX Coordinators sweeping new authority to enforce the new mandates. They empower Title IX Coordinators to decide whether to make a complaint against a school official or another student even if a child does not want to.
TAKE ACTION
Parents, educators, and community leaders must take action against the devastating impacts of the USDOE’s proposed Title IX regulations through the Public Comment process
on or before September 12, 2022.
What you should know about Public Comments on Federal Agency Rulemaking:
- • What is a public comment?
- A public comment is a written public input on proposed agency regulations that gives reasons or evidence why a proposed it should or should not be adopted. The Federal Register has a public portal for the public to submit their comments.
- • What is the goal?
- The USDOE is required to consider and respond to the public comments they receive. If they fail to address comments about negative impacts, a court may strike them down as "arbitrary and capricious." The goal is a high volume of comments that may cause the USDOE to reconsider or delay, or may assist other branches of government to block their implementation.
• What sorts of information should be in a public comment? - Name of the proposed rule and RIN (Regulation Identifier Number)
- For each area of concern explain how they would specifically impact or pose specific threats to you, your family or children, your organization or its members.
- Personal stories and/or citations or links to relevant studies, articles, reports, examples, or other evidence.
- Pose questions the USDOE needs to answer – such as the economic impact of the proposed regulations. Money is allocated to schools based on the number of students registered each year. When schools lose students, they lose funding. The threat of lost funding by parents removing their children can be a powerful weapon.
- Name of the proposed rule and RIN (Regulation Identifier Number)
- For each area of concern explain how they would specifically impact or pose specific threats to you, your family or children, your organization or its members.
- Personal stories and/or citations or links to relevant studies, articles, reports, examples, or other evidence.
- Pose questions the USDOE needs to answer – such as the economic impact of the proposed regulations. Money is allocated to schools based on the number of students registered each year. When schools lose students, they lose funding. The threat of lost funding by parents removing their children can be a powerful weapon.
- HERE’S WHAT TO DO:
- Parents, educators, and community leaders should submit comments regarding the proposed Title IX regulations. Explain who you are, why you are commenting, and the types of specific impacts, threats, information, and/or personal stories described above.
- Consider stating that the proposed regulations are so harmful that if adopted you may consider removing your children from public school and/or encouraging others to do so.
- Comments should be submitted to the Federal Register electronically at:
- Be sure to put the Docket ID: ED-2021-OCR-0166 at the top of your comment.
- Comments can be uploaded in Microsoft Word or “print to PDF” format by clicking the Green “+ Add a File” button.
- Educate your family, friends, and members on the threats posed by these regulations and encourage them to submit comments to the USDOE by September 12.
- Be sure to put the Docket ID: ED-2021-OCR-0166 at the top of your comment.
- Comments can be uploaded in Microsoft Word or “print to PDF” format by clicking the Green “+ Add a File” button.
- Educate your family, friends, and members on the threats posed by these regulations and encourage them to submit comments to the USDOE by September 12.
TOOLS FOR ADVOCACY:
Child & Parental Rights Campaign has developed resources to help you or your community make your voices be heard:
- Call to Action that includes a brief summary of the proposed regulations and what to do.
- Detailed Legal Analysis of the key provisions of the proposed regulations.
- Sample comment starters for parents, educators, and community leaders for the following concerns:
Parental rights
Harms to children
Freedom of speech
Freedom of religion
Protecting girls’ sports and privacy spaces
Harms to minority community
Economic impact
- Call to Action that includes a brief summary of the proposed regulations and what to do.
- Detailed Legal Analysis of the key provisions of the proposed regulations.
- Sample comment starters for parents, educators, and community leaders for the following concerns: Parental rights
Harms to children
Freedom of speech
Freedom of religion
Protecting girls’ sports and privacy spaces
Harms to minority community
Economic impact
You can be a voice of truth and help win the battle in the campaign for Child & Parental Rights.