Erin Shaffer

Jan 16, 2025 | openlegalblogarchive.org | Julie Fay |Sarah Gleason |Tom Owen |Erin Shaffer

On January 9, 2025, a federal district court in Kentucky ruled that the 2024 Title IX Regulations “are invalid and must be set aside.” Despite some ambiguity in the text of the decision, we concluded that the ruling likely vacated the 2024 Title IX Regulations for schools nationwide—not just for schools in the plaintiff states. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance that confirms our analysis.