North Carolina District Adopts Title IX Policy Despite Court Order

A North Carolina school board passed a policy this week aligning itself with the Biden administration's expansion of Title IX which has faced numerous lawsuits and legal setbacks, including an injunction prohibiting its implementation in hundreds of K-12 schools, colleges and universities. The Wake County School Board voted Tuesday to adopt a policy echoing the Department of Education’s expanded definition of sex discrimination to include gender identity during a board meeting where various arguments for and against the policy were vocalized. Before the board’s decision, a federal judge out of Kansas ordered that the Education Department cannot implement its rule ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline in hundreds of specific schools nationwide, including progressive states like California and New York, according to court filings.