Now Entering the Title IX Athletics Arena: The U.S. Department of Energy Seeks to Rescind Long Standing Title IX Athletics Regulation

By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Contributor and Professor, Sports Media, Ithaca College staurows@ithaca.edu As the effects of the cuts to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) take hold, reliance on interagency efforts to pursue Title IX issues pertaining to transgender athletes has increased. Between February and March of 2025, the Maine Department of Education was investigated by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Healt