With more than a hundred protesters outside of the Utah House chambers, lawmakers voted to go against the Biden administration's expansion of Title IX protections. The new federal rules cover pregnant, transgender and LGBTQ+ students.
The administration’s decision to diversify Title IX goes against a handful of laws the Utah Legislature has approved in recent years. Most recently, the governor signed a bill that prohibits transgender students from using the bathroom or locker room that aligns with their gender identity.
In the first test of the new Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act, the Legislature passed, along party lines, two resolutions in a special session related to the U.S. Department of Education Title IX extensions that go into effect on Aug 1.