HHS reports that Tennessee v. Kennedy’s October 22, 2025 order vacated the 2024 rule’s provisions to the extent they expanded Title IX sex discrimination to gender identity. Other provisions remain in force.
Pursuant to the court’s order, the vacated provisions are legally void. The other provisions of the Section 1557 Rule remain in force.
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HHS reports that Tennessee v. Kennedy’s October 22, 2025 order vacated the 2024 rule’s provisions to the extent they expanded Title IX sex discrimination to gender identity. Other provisions remain in force. Tennessee v. Kennedy, No. 1:24-cv-161-LG-BWR. The vacatur is provision-specific, not a wholesale elimination of Section 1557.