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WASHINGTON, March 8, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — In commemorating International Women’s Day, President Joe Biden issued an executive order directing his administration to review Trump-era policies which regulate how colleges and other educational institutions handle sexual misconduct allegations. He also formally established a White House Gender Policy Council.
Biden’s executive order seeks to ensure “all students” have an “educational environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex … sexual orientation or gender identity.” This includes “discrimination in the form of sexual harassment, which encompasses sexual violence.”
The order directs the Department of Education to review Trump-era policies including changes to regulations pertaining to Title IX — the 1972 law which prohibits discrimination based on sex in educational institutions receiving federal funding.
In 2018, Trump education secretary Betsy DeVos rescinded an earlier Obama administration standard of requiring a mere “preponderance of evidence,” which, according to Breitbart, means “it is more likely than not that sexual harassment or violence occurred,” to the usual standard of “clear and convincing evidence” in order to convict the accused.
In finalizing these policies in May 2020, DeVos
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