DeVos Pushes New Approach on Title IX Enforcement
Education secretary will argue approach of Obama administration to handling campus-based sexual assault has failed, and says she will launch a public comment period before issuing federal regulations to replace guidance praised by many survivors’ advocates.
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Education Secretary Betsy DeVos today will declare that an era of “rule by letter” is over and announce plans to launch a public comment period to inform new federal regulations of campus sexual assault policies.
In remarks at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, DeVos will say that the Obama administration helped elevate public discussion of the issue of sexual assault. But the secretary will also say the current federal approach has done a disservice to survivors of sexual assault, accused students and college administrators