Department of Education Guidance under New Biden Administration

April 15, 2021

NCLA’s Litigation Counsel Caleb Kruckenberg joins “Richmond’s Morning News” with John Reid to discuss the recent changes in Title IX policy by the Biden administration.

Key takeaways:

• The Obama administration sent around a guidance document that told colleges to take away procedural protections against students or professors faced with accusations of sexual misconduct.

• Colleges changed their policies under the “Dear Colleague” letter and set up what former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos called “kangaroo courts.”

• Colleges are put in an awkward position by the Department of Education because if schools do not set up these unfair processes, they could lose their federal funding.