Education Secretary Betsy DeVos plans to release as early as Wednesday her much-anticipated final rules governing how schools must investigate sexual assault allegations, bolstering the rights of the accused, people familiar with the matter said.
In its broad outlines, the sweeping regulation is unchanged from the proposed version released in 2018, though there were minor adjustments made throughout, according to one person familiar with the matter who was unauthorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The rules will give universities and colleges a clear but controversial road map for handling emotionally charged conflicts that often pit one student against another. They replace less formal guidance, issued by the Obama administration, that was friendlier to those making allegations.