Text of OH SCR 11 (2024)
Urge excluding sexual orientation, gender identity from Title IX
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As introduced
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As Introduced
135th General Assembly
Regular Session
S. C. R. No. 11
2023-2024
Senator Brenner
A C O N C U R R E N T R E S O L U T I O N
To urge Congress and the President of the United States,
along with the United States Department of Education
to exclude sexual orientation and gender identity from
Title IX.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO (THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
WHEREAS, Section 1681 of Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972, commonly referred to as Title IX, provides
that "[n]o person in the United States shall, on the basis of
sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits
of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education
program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance"; and
WHEREAS, The United States Department of Education, Office
for Civil Rights, has authority to issue rules implementing
Title IX consistent with the objectives of the statute; and
WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil
Rights has adopted 34 C.F.R. Part 106, to implement Title IX;
and
WHEREAS, The version of 34 C.F.R. Part 106, effective
August 1, 2024, provides that discrimination "on the basis of
sex" includes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation
and gender identity; and
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WHEREAS, The members of the 135th General Assembly of the
State of Ohio find that this broad expansion of Title IX is
damaging to all women's sports; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 135th General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, urge the U.S. Department of
Education, Office for Civil Rights, to remove all references to
sexual orientation and gender identity from 34 C.F.R. Part 106;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 135th General
Assembly of the State of Ohio, urge the United States Congress
and President Biden to amend Title IX to specify that "sex" does
not include sexual orientation or gender identity; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly
authenticated copies of this resolution to the President Pro
Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, Speaker and
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, members of
the Ohio Congressional delegation, and the news media of Ohio.
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