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Education Department repeals 2024 Title IX rule and recodifies prior text
The Education Department published a final rule repealing its 2024 Title IX regulations and recodifying the text that existed before the 2024 rulemaking at 34 CFR part 106. The department said the 2024 rule was vacated nationwide and had not been enforced for over a year and a half. The rule omits four obsolete provisions, including a sentence vacated by Victim Rights Law Center v. Cardona. It took effect September 29, 2026.
Key points
- Repeals the 2024 Title IX final rule (89 FR 33474) and recodifies the pre-2024 regulatory text at 34 CFR part 106.Federal RegisterFederal Register
- Cites vacatur orders in two courts on Jan. 9 and Feb. 19, 2025, plus eight 2024 preliminary injunctions; the 2024 rule went unenforced 18 months.Federal Register
- Omits a cross-examination sentence in 34 CFR 106.45(b)(6)(i) vacated by Victim Rts. L. Ctr. v. Cardona (D. Mass. 2021).Federal Register
- Also drops Appendix A to part 106, the 106.41(d) adjustment period, and 106.3(c)-(d) self-assessment provisions as obsolete.Federal Register
- Effective and published Sept. 29, 2026; RIN 1870-AA26; 16 pages at 91 FR 61308.Federal Register
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