Biden and Title IX

Executive Orders

Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basic of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation (January 20, 2021)

Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government (January 20, 2021) (includes revocation of September 2020 Executive Order “Combatting Race and Stereotyping”)

Significant Caselaw

Bostock v. Clayton County (2020)

Doe v. Stonehill College (D. Mass. February 23, 2021) (case with pre-August 2020 conduct/processes – “The text of Title IX does not require a live hearing with cross-examination or any other particular procedure”)

Top Members of Administration

Dr. Jill Biden, First Lady

Dr. Miguel Cardona, Education Secretary

Suzanne Goldberg, Office for Civil Rights – Acting Secretary

Michelle Asha Cooper, Office for Civil Rights – Acting Assistant Secretary for Post Secondary

Catherine Lhamon, Domestic Policy Council

Dr. Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary of Health