The Biden administration on Friday finalized new rules designed to bolster legal protections at colleges and universities for LGBTQ+ and pregnant students and victims of sexual misconduct.
The new rules do not address the politically contentious issue of transgender athletes competing on women’s sports teams, however. Last year, the Department of Education proposed barring schools from enacting blanket bans on transgender athletes, but on Friday, it said those provisions are under review after 150,000 public comments were received.
Over the past four years, a wave of Republican-led states have passed laws that ban trans athletes from scholastic sports. The Republican-controlled House passed a similar measure last year but it was not taken up by the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats.
