The Department of Education is recognizing June as “Title IX Month” and intends to announce several policies this month aimed at protecting women’s rights at educational institutions, the department said in a June 2 statement.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities receiving federal funding.
Such discrimination includes sex-based harassment, failure to offer equal athletic opportunity, and failure to provide sex-segregated intimate spaces such as living accommodations and sororities.
“June will now be dedicated to commemorating women and celebrating their struggle for, and achievement of, equal educational opportunity,” the department said. “Throughout the month, the Department will highlight actions taken to reverse the Biden Administration’s legacy of undermining Title IX and announce additional actions to protect women in line with the true purpose of Title IX.”…