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Civil Litigation,
Government,
Education Law

Oct. 18, 2019

Women’s groups oppose Title IX ‘non-binding’ changes

The U.S. Department of Education did not explain why it changed guidelines on how colleges handle cases of sexual violence, an attorney representing women's rights groups told a federal magistrate judge Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Department of Education did not explain why it changed guidelines on how colleges handle cases of sexual violence, an attorney representing women's rights groups told a federal magistrate judge Thursday.

The case challenging the revisions arose after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued new guidelines in 2017, calling on colleges to increase due process protections for the accused in cases of sexual hara...

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