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Civil LibertiesTitle IX's school sex-bias ban would define sex as biological — male or female, based on the body's reproductive system
Civil Liberties
A female would be someone whose body has, had, will have, or would have a system that makes eggs. A male is the same, but for sperm. People born with a body difference would still count by the system they would have had.
Title IX bans sex bias in school programs paid for in part with federal money. It does not say what "sex" means today. The bill would say it means the sex a person is by biology, male or female.
More about this bill
Title IX's ban on sex bias in schools would be tied to biological sex, male or female. Title IX is the law that bans sex discrimination in school programs that get federal money. Today it defines only what counts as a school. The bill adds that "sex" means a person's "biologically determined sex, as either male or female" for this law. A female would be a person whose body naturally has, had, will have, or would have a system that makes eggs. A male would be the same, but for sperm. The "would have" part covers people whose bodies lack that system because of a birth condition, an accident, or a disruption. A House committee rewrote the bill and sent it to the full House on September 8, 2026. The new meanings would start the day it becomes law. They would apply to school programs that get federal money on or after that day.
Congressional Summary
Congress's official summary of this bill still describes an earlier version of the text, so we have left it out here. You can read it on Congress.gov.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Reported to House
- Action Date
- 2026-09-08
- Date Added
- 2026-09-25
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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