More than two dozen Senate Republicans on Wednesday endorsed an effort to repeal a Biden administration rule bolstering federal nondiscrimination protections for transgender students.
The Education Department in April unveiled a final set of sweeping changes to Title IX, the federal civil rights law preventing sex discrimination in schools and education programs that receive government funding. The new rule covers discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity for the first time, an addition praised by LGBTQ rights advocates and panned by conservatives.
The administration’s Title IX revamp would also strengthen nondiscrimination protections for pregnant students and makes changes to how schools handle claims of sexual misconduct.
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Biden administration’s changes from taking effect later this summer. Judge Reed O’Connor in his decision accused President…
