The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights rescinded parts of resolution agreements tied to Title IX investigations that were intended to protect LGBTQ+ students under prior administrations. The department said Monday it was undoing agreements it characterizes as grounded in an “ideologically-driven” reading of Title IX rather than its plain meaning. The rescissions target agreements connected to protections that previously addressed issues such as bathroom access and use of preferred pronouns, alongside actions like preventing removal of LGBTQ+-related books. OCR framed its current approach around sex discrimination protections under Title IX, arguing the earlier agreements improperly expanded Title IX to “gender identity.” For colleges and universities, the policy shift can affect ongoing compliance expectations, campus training, and documentation practices—particularly for institutions managing multiple Title IX resolution agreements and corresponding student-support protocols.