LINCOLN- On Friday, Gov. Jim Pillen announced that Nebraska will be joining a handful of states in defying new Title IX rules enacted by the Biden Administration and set to take effect in August. Pillen, in a news release, said the "rewrite of Title IX is an affront to the common sense idea that men do not belong in women's spaces," and that it's a "direct attack" on the Women's Bill of Rights he established last year.

Title IX, a 1972 rule, prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs that receive federal funding. The Biden Administration recently enacted changes that explicitly protect gender identity and sexual orientation. Pillen argued that the state "must fight against radical gender ideology and vigorously protect the rights of Nebraska women and girls."

At least 16 states are suing the federal government over the Title IX changes, including Nebraska, who signed onto it on Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Education announced that states not in compliance with the new changes risk losing federal funding. Under the new rules, which go into effect on August 1st, LGBTQ students who face discrimination would be entitled to a response from their school under Title IX.

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