Dear supporters:
Recently, a federal district court judge in Fort Worth expanded on its June 2024 ruling in State of Texas v. Cardona to clarify that the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) may not take any action to rewrite Title IX to include sexual orientation and gender identity within the statute’s anti-discrimination clauses.
This is great news! This order prevents the possibility of DOE enforcing the Title IX rewrite while the case continues.
You may remember at the start of this lawsuit that the Texas attorney general’s office sued DOE last year for issuing “guidance” documents to force Texas schools and universities to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as protected legal classes. This could have forced Texas schools to allow biological males to use women’s restrooms, locker rooms, and other sex-specific spaces. Any Texas school that refused to follow the unlawful “guidance” would risk losing federal funding.
A federal judge ruled in June 2024 that the DOE’s guidance documents were unlawful and unenforceable. Now, this month, the injunction has been expanded to say that the DOE may not take any further action on Title IX that includes sexual orientation and gender identity.
The Cardona case is closely related in substance to a lawsuit brought by Carroll Independent School District (Carroll ISD) against the Biden Administration on the same issue of Title IX. Texas Values submitted multiple legal amicus briefs in that case and hosted a press conference with Alliance Defending Freedom, Southlake Families, Judge Tim O’Hare and many others who supported Carroll ISD. Less than a week ago, Judge Reed O’Connor also handed down a victory for the school district, issuing an injunction to protect against DOE enforcement.
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