The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights rescinded parts of resolution agreements tied to Title IX investigations involving transgender students. The department said previous administrations “distorted the law” and argued the agreements imposed requirements without legal foundation. The rescinded agreements cover multiple districts and one college, and the move is described as shifting back to a sex-based framework rather than gender-identity enforcement under earlier interpretations. The department said it would stop monitoring those agreements. For institutions, the decision increases legal and compliance uncertainty regarding how federal civil-rights obligations will be enforced locally, particularly in areas involving pronouns, bathroom access, and other policies previously supported through settlement terms.