The 2024 rule was already dead in practice. A federal judge struck it down last year. The department says the last lawsuits over it were thrown out last month.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the move "clears the Biden Administration's illegal rewrite of Title IX from the Code of Federal Regulations."
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The 2024 rule was already dead in practice before this repeal.
This is the desk's own unattributed characterization. It is well supported: EdWeek says 'nothing changes in practice' and the rules have been enforced since Jan. 31, 2025, and K-12 Dive says 'It is null.' But the story does not credit anyone for this reading.
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The last lawsuits over the 2024 rule were dismissed last month (August 2026).
The only support is Breitbart relaying the department's statement that the last suits were dismissed in August 2026. This conflicts with the dated dismissals in the sources: Sixth Circuit May 13, Fifth Circuit May 19, Eleventh Circuit May 27, South Carolina June 2 and Arkansas June 9, 2026. None of