Title IX athletic rule could be finalized in May
Naaz Modan
April 12, 2023
The proposal would prohibit blanket bans of transgender students from playing on teams aligned with their gender identities.
The U.S. Department of Education intends to release its final Title IX athletic rule in May, alongside its broader Title IX rule already expected next month, according to a department spokesperson.
The Title IX athletics proposal, which would make a one-sentence change to the Department of Education anti-sex discrimination regulations, was released last week and has a 30-day comment period.
It would require that if schools adopt sex-based criteria for athletics teams limiting or denying transgender students’ participation, the criteria must “be substantially related to the achievement of an important educational objective” and “minimize harms to students whose opportunity to participate on a male or female team consistent with their gender identity would be limited or denied.”
