Education Department rescinds previous Title IX agreements with schools over gender identity

The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights said Monday it would rescind Title IX agreements that six schools made with the federal government under past administrations over gender identity.

The department said the previous administrations' enforcement of Title IX was "illegal and burdensome" over "improper use of preferred pronouns" and "asking questions about a student's preferred 'gender.'"

Title IX is based on sex, and the schools did not violate the law, according to the Trump administration.