President Donald Trump’s Statements Pertaining to Title IX and Related Issues
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November 6, 2024
During his recent campaign to become the 47th president of the United States, Trump repeatedly promised to abolish the Department of Education:
- “I say it all the time, I’m dying to get back to do this. We will ultimately eliminate the federal Department of Education,” he said earlier this month during a rally in Wisconsin. “We will drain the government education swamp and stop the abuse of your taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America’s youth with all sorts of things that you don’t want to have our youth hearing,” Trump said. https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/20/politics/department-of-education-shut-down-trump/index.html
- “It’s time,” Mr. Trump said. “Close it up. When you look at the list of countries, we’re always at the bottom [on education]. We spend more money per pupil and we’re always at the bottom of a list of 40 countries. And we should close it up and let local areas, and frankly, states, handle education.” https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/4/trump-plans-abolish-us-education-department-if-ele/
- Trump, in an interview on X, told Elon Musk that, if elected, “I want to close up the Department of Education, move education back to the states.”
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/08/nx-s1-5103698/trump-harris-election-platforms-education-views - “On Day One, I will sign a new Executive Order to cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content onto the lives of our children,” the presumptive Republican nominee for the White House told a cheering crowd at Turning Point Action’s ‘The People’s Convention’ in the state of Michigan. https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-242666.html
During Trump’s first term of office, his Department of Education implemented a new Title IX regulation in 2020 that strengthened due process protections for falsely accused students. Building on that accomplishment, Trump made a number of promises during his recent campaign that address the Biden Title IX regulation. Many of these promises were made as part of his campaign platform known as Agenda 47:
Gender Transitioning
Agenda 47:
- President Trump will immediately reverse Joe Biden’s barbaric “gender-affirming care” policies, and he will sign an executive order instructing every federal agency, including the Department of Education, to cease all programs that promote the concept of sex and gender transition, at any age.
- President Trump will declare any hospital or healthcare provider that participates in the chemical or physical mutilation of minor youth will no longer meet federal health and safety standards for Medicaid and Medicare.
- President Trump will also inform states and school districts that if any teacher or school official suggests to a child that they could be trapped in the wrong body, they will be faced with severe consequences—including potential civil rights violations for sex discrimination and the elimination of federal funding.
- President Trump will ask Congress to pass a bill establishing that the only genders recognized by the United States government are male and female—and they are determined at birth.
Free Speech
- “When we know the facts, and the story gets written the exact opposite of what it is, you start to lose faith in the press.” Trump promised, if re-elected, to sign an executive order “banning any federal employee from colluding to limit speech” and to “fire any federal bureaucrat who engaged in domestic censorship under the Harris regime.” https://nypost.com/2024/09/07/us-news/trump-vows-to-bring-back-free-speech-calls-fake-news-a-threat-to-this-country/
Child Protections/Parental Rights
- “First, we will cut federal funding for any school or program pushing Critical Race Theory, gender ideology, or other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content onto our children. We are not going to allow it to happen.” https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/da7f3c42-76b5-42c0-9beb-475d649030ae#:~:text=Here%20is%20my%20plan%20to,to%20allow%20it%20to%20happen
Women’s Sports
- Agenda 47: President Trump will also make clear that Title IX prohibits men from participating in women’s sports.
- Trump was asked by an audience member named Linda about how he would approach the issue of men identifying as women competing in women’s sports leagues. Trump answered, “We’re not gonna let it happen,” Trump said. “We absolutely stop it. You can’t have it. It’s a man playing in the game [against women].”
Reform of Higher Education
Trump also vowed to reform institutions of higher education. The Trump Agenda 47 promises:
- “He will impose real standards on American colleges and universities, to include defending the American tradition and Western civilization, protecting free speech, eliminating wasteful administrative positions that drive up costs, removing all DEI bureaucrats, offering options for accelerated and low-cost degrees, providing meaningful job placement and career services, and implementing college entrance and exit exams to prove that students are getting their money’s worth.” https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/agenda47-protecting-students-from-the-radical-left-and-marxist-maniacs-infecting-educational-institutions
Other related reforms:
- Accreditation procedures
- Antisemitism policies and procedures
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs
- Role of police
- Affordable alternatives to higher education
See: Here’s everything Trump promised regarding higher ed reform during his campaign