The Trump administration rewrote Title IX rules in 2020 to narrow the scope of sexual harassment schools were required to address and strengthen procedural protections for accused students.
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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026
The sources confirm the 2020 Trump Title IX rules narrowed the sexual harassment schools must address and added live hearings and stronger protections for accused students, as the claim states. The extraction faithfully reflects the post's passage, and the 2020 rules were reinstated in 2025 and formally in September 2026.
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… that they were reopening the Cornell investigation, the Trump administration formally reinstated the Title IX regulations that were created during Trump's first term. This has been a little bit of a political and legal tug of war back and forth for years. During Trump's first term, his administration rewrote the Title IX rules back in 2020. Among other things, the regulations that he changed narrowed what kinds of sexual harassment schools were required to address under Title Nine, and also strengthened procedural protections for students who were accused of misconduct. The Biden administration rewrote those rules again in 2024. Those Biden rules broadened protections against sex discrimination to include explicitly extending those protections to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and changed …
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Supports. AP reports the 2020 Trump-era rules require live hearings and provide more protections for accused students, and the Education Department reinstated them in January 2025.[1]
Supports. CNN reports the 2020 rules narrow the definition of sexual harassment and extend protections for accused students, with a higher bar for school intervention.[4]
Supports. Congressional Research Service states the 2020 regulations imposed specific requirements on schools for sexual harassment and address both complainant and respondent treatment, with the 2020 rules not addressing sexual orientation or gender identity.[2]
Supports. The Department of Education's September 2026 release confirms the 2020 Title IX regulation was formally reinstated, which was a 2020 rewrite by the first Trump administration.[3]
Context. Chalkbeat and Newsweek describe the 2020 rules as developed during Trump's first term and the Biden 2024 rules as vacated by a court.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1US colleges returning to campus sexual assault rules created ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in federally ... - Congress.govcongress.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3U.S. Department of Education Formally Rescinds the Biden ...ed.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Students head back to college campuses under Title IX sexual ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5How the Trump administration's Title IX changes affect ... - Chalkbeatchalkbeat.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6How Trump's Education Department Changes Affect Campus ...newsweek.com · not rated · cited for: context
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