Another group has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over changes to Title IX rules.
The National Women’s Law Center filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Wednesday, June 10, seeking an injunction before the rules go into effect in this August.
Title IX is a federal law that states no person shall be discriminated against, excluded from or denied benefits in education on the basis of sex.
It also requires institutions to timely report instances of sexual discrimination, harassment or violence.
The new rules deal with which school employees can report instances of sexual misconduct, including school employees like bus drivers, coaches and others to the list of mandatory reporters.