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DeVos expected to share plans on Title IX enforcement

Related Topics: Title IX

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said Obama administration guidance on how colleges should handle sexual assault complaints isn’t working and suggested it needs to be revised.

She was expected to detail her plans Thursday in what the Education Department described as a major policy address on Title IX enforcement.

That law, enacted in 1972, forbids discrimination based on sex in education. It was once seen as a measure to ensure equity in college sports, but in recent years has become associated with efforts to address sexual assault and harassment at college campuses.