Department of Education Takes First Step Toward Release of Proposed Amendments to Title IX Regulations

By Susan D. Friedfel, Joshua D. Whitlock, Carol R. Ashley, Crystal L. Tyler and Laura A. Ahrens,” of Jackson Lewis The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced that it has sent its draft proposed amendments to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for internal review. Submission of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is the first formal step in the federal regulation revision process.