Betsy Devos Title Ix Speech

One in which title ix seriously addresses sexual violence and also.

Betsy devos title ix speech. Secretary devos prepared remarks on title ix enforcement. Interpreting title ix the loss by president donald trump means that both education secretary betsy devos and attorney general bill barr will be out of a job come january 20th if they don t. Secretary betsy devos betsydevosed may 6 2020 sec. Earlier this year marked the 45th anniversary of title ix the landmark legislation passed by congress that seeks to ensure.

The person who is accused has a right to defend herself or himself and we certainly should not lose sight of that. Thank you president angel cabrera for your leadership of george mason university. Education secretary betsy devos on wednesday formally announced new protections for those accused of campus sexual harassment and assault a controversial move that upends obama era guidance she. Judging by devos s speech what has been portrayed as a rollback of title ix is really an embrace of a framework of compatibility.

This is simply not true. No person in the united states shall on the basis of sex be excluded. The speech which has been billed as a major policy address on title ix enforcement comes almost two months after devos held separate meetings with sexual assault victims and men who say they. Education secretary betsy devos issues new title ix rules to protect free speech due process for accused students nothing betsy devos has done since she took office will have a more lasting.

This week education secretary betsy devos announced plans to roll back title ix guidelines on campus rape claiming the current procedures are unfair to the accused. Well that must not be ignored and it goes beyond sexual harassment.