With the deadline for public comment fast approaching, advocacy groups are urging their supporters to let the Trump administration know its proposed changes to the federal law that bars sex-based discrimination in schools are unacceptable as they would “make it easier for schools to sweep campus sexual assault under the rug.”
“If you support protections for survivors, submit a comment now,” People For the American Way added in a tweet on Wednesday.
When Education Secretary Betsy DeVos unveiled the proposed changes to how universities enforce Title IX in November, civil liberties groups expressed sharp criticism, with the ACLU fearing they “would tip the scales against those who raise their voices.”
Laying out her opposition, NOW President Toni Van Pelt previously explained:
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