The federal Department of Education proposed new Title IX regulations that will threaten students’ right to free speech and strip them of critical due process protections that ensure they are treated fairly in campus trials.
Title IX is the federal law banning sex discrimination in educational programs that receive funding from the federal government — which is virtually all colleges and universities, public or private. Unfortunately, the law has been twisted in ways that seem more designed to serve political ends than remedy campus discrimination. The federal government’s proposed new policy will gut some of America’s most basic principles of justice by:
You can be sure that FIRE will do everything in our power to ensure Title IX is not abused to undermine our most precious civil liberties. Regulations like these cannot become final without a “notice and comment” period, and we will submit a public comment highlighting the detrimental impact these proposed regulations have on students’ rights. And, of course, we will consider all options to preserve these rights — up to and including legal action.
Will you join us in calling on the Education Department to reaffirm these essential due process rights?
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