Aug. 8, 2024—In April, the Biden Administration put forward an illegal rewrite of Title IX that would require schools across the country to implement gender ideology. These new rules were to go into effect on August 1 and require school districts to adopt them or potentially lose federal funding.

However, thanks to the work of Alliance Defending Freedom, Christian Educators, and many states and allied organizations, the new Title IX rules have been successfully blocked in at least 22 states, and then additionally in 3,800 individual schools.

The 22 states are as follows: Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Alaska, Utah, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Idaho, Montana, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The rules are temporarily blocked in four additional states—Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, and Georgia—pending an appeal in the 11th Circuit Court that initially upheld the rules. Christian Educators has filed an amicus brief in this case arguing for an injunction against the rules.  

The Title IX rules additionally are blocked in all schools attended by members of Female Athletes United, the members of Young America’s Foundation, and the minor children of the members of Moms for Liberty (approximately 3,800 schools). 

Christian Educators and Alliance Defending Freedom continue to advance a legal strategy that we believe will strike down this illegal reinterpretation of Title IX nationwide. Given the overwhelming success of five distinct cases that have won injunctions so far, we strongly believe that these Title IX rules will ultimately fail. Consequently, school districts that are currently expending resources to implement them will find their efforts unnecessary and harmful.