Moms for Liberty Cheers Education Department's Formal Repeal of Biden Title IX Rule

Parental rights group says the federal rulebook now reflects the injunction it won in court two years ago

Moms for Liberty is celebrating the U.S. Department of Education's decision to formally rescind the Biden administration's 2024 Title IX rule, calling the move a vindication of the lawsuit the group helped bring against it.

The department announced Monday that it has officially removed the 2024 regulation from the Code of Federal Regulations and reinstated the 2020 Title IX rule adopted during President Trump's first term. The department has been enforcing the 2020 rule since January 2025, but the Biden-era text remained on the books while litigation continued. According to the department, federal courts dismissed the last remaining cases last month, clearing the way for Monday's final rule.

"Title IX was written to protect girls, not to put boys in their locker rooms, bathrooms, or sports," said Tina Descovich, CEO and co-founder of Moms for Liberty.

The 2024 rule expanded Title IX's definition of sex discrimination to include gender identity. Critics argued it would have required schools to open girls' sports, locker rooms, and restrooms to biological males who identify as female. According to the Education Department, the rule was enjoined by eight different courts and vacated by two.

Moms for Liberty was among the plaintiffs that challenged the rule. In July 2024, a federal judge in Kansas issued an injunction blocking its enforcement at schools attended by the children of the organization's members.

"Moms for Liberty went to court to stop Biden's Title IX rewrite and we won," Descovich said. "A federal judge agreed and issued an injunction blocking the rule at schools attended by our members' children, so girls in those schools would not be forced to compete against boys or share private spaces with them."

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Monday's action restores "the commonsense language promulgated in the first Trump Administration," and pledged that the department will "hold accountable any school or college that violates the rights, privacy, or athletic opportunities of our women and girls."

The department has already moved aggressively on enforcement. It has initiated proceedings to terminate federal K-12 funding for the Maine Department of Education, placed five Northern Virginia school districts on reimbursement status covering more than $50 million in federal funds, and referred education officials and athletic associations in California and Minnesota to the Justice Department after they refused resolution agreements. The University of Pennsylvania agreed to restore sex-separated sports and facilities and apologize to female athletes under a resolution agreement with the department.

"The official rulebook now matches what our injunction already won," Descovich said.

Supporters of the 2024 rule argued it expanded protections for LGBTQ students and survivors of sexual harassment, and some advocacy groups have criticized the 2020 standards as making it harder to hold perpetrators accountable.

Descovich said the organization will continue pressing the issue in states and school districts.

"Parents were right, girls were right, and Moms for Liberty will keep standing with them until every girl in America can compete and learn in safety and fairness," she said.

Moms for Liberty, founded in 2021, describes itself as a grassroots organization fighting for parental rights at all levels of government and has chapters across the country.