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   At least 22 Republican-led states are suing the Biden administration over   
   its new rules to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination in federally   
   funded schools.   
      
   The lawsuits follow the Education Department’s expansion of Title IX   
   federal civil rights rules last month, which will now include anti-   
   discrimination protections for students on the basis of sexual orientation   
   and gender identity. Among other provisions, the new rules would prohibit   
   schools from barring transgender students from using bathrooms, changing   
   facilities and pronouns that correspond with their gender identities.   
      
   Title IX was originally enacted in 1972 to prevent sex-based   
   discrimination and sexual harassment in educational programs and   
   activities funded by the federal government.   
      
   Attorneys general in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky,   
   Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,   
   Virginia and West Virginia who sued the administration in separate   
   lawsuits last week argued that the Biden administration’s update to the   
   rules is illegal. The attorneys general contended that the Education   
   Department has exceeded its authority in changing the regulation.   
      
   And this week seven other states — Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska,   
   North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota — agreed, joining the legal battle   
   by filing two additional lawsuits.   
      
   “The interpretation of the Biden administration is completely inconsistent   
   with the statute and the way it’s been interpreted for decades,” Arkansas   
   Attorney General Tim Griffin said at a news conference Tuesday alongside   
   Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey.   
      
   A spokesperson for the Education Department said in an email that the   
   department does not comment on ongoing litigation and that all federally   
   funded schools are obligated to comply with the new rules.   
      
   In some GOP-led states,  governors and education secretaries have   
   discouraged state officials from complying with the new federal   
   regulation.   
      
   “Florida rejects Joe Biden’s attempt to rewrite Title IX,” Florida Gov.   
   Ron DeSantis said in a video on social media. “We will not comply, and we   
   will fight back.”   
      
   Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to Texas’ public university systems   
   and community colleges Wednesday, urging them to disregard the new   
   provisions.   
      
   “As I have already made clear, Texas will not comply with President Joe   
   Biden’s rewrite of Title IX that contradicts the original purpose and   
   spirit of the law to support the advancement of women,” the letter reads.   
   “Last week, I instructed the Texas Education Agency to ignore President   
   Biden’s illegal dictate of Title IX. Today, I am instructing every public   
   college and university in the State of Texas to do the same.”   
      
   GOP backlash over the new rules comes amid a yearslong legislative effort   
   from Republican lawmakers to regulate how LGBTQ issues are taught in   
   school, where trans students can use the bathroom and whether trans   
   students should be allowed to compete in girls’ and women’s sports.   
      
   Within the last several years, half of the nation’s states have passed   
   laws or regulations restricting trans students’ participation in sports   
   and 10 states have enacted measures that bar trans students and staffers   
   from using bathrooms that correspond with their gender identities. Eleven   
   states restrict how some LGBTQ issues are taught at school.   
      
   The new Title IX rules do not address trans participation in sports.   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/20-gop-led-states-   
   sue-biden-administration-title-ix-rules-lgbtq-studen-rcna151247   
      
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