State of Louisiana v. U.S. Department of Education

The Biden administration’s unlawful rewrite of Title IX will force schools—including the 42 located in Rapides Parish, Louisiana—to impose widespread harms on young people and deny free speech on campus.

Case Timeline

• April 2024: After the Biden administration enacted a new rule redefining “sex” in Title IX to include “gender identity,” ADF attorneys filed a lawsuit challenging it on behalf of the Rapides Parish School Board.
• June 2024: A federal district court issued a preliminary injunction in the case, halting the Biden administration’s illegal attempted rewrite of Title IX while the lawsuit continued. The preliminary injunction protected Rapides Parish schools and all schools within the state of Louisiana, as well as schools in Idaho, Mississippi, and Montana.
• July 2024: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit rejected the Biden administration’s request to partially pause the district court’s injunction, meaning that the administration’s attempted Title IX rewrite would remain halted in the jurisdictions listed above.
• August 2024: The U.S. Supreme Court denied the Biden administration’s request to partially reinstate its attempted rewrite of the Title IX rule.
• November 2024: ADF attorneys representing the Rapides Parish School Board appeared before the 5th Circuit to defend against the Biden administration’s attempt to completely lift the district court’s preliminary injunction.
• January and February 2025: Courts in two other ADF cases, State of Tennessee v. McMahon and Carroll Independent School District v. U.S. Department of Education, issued final judgments and vacated the Biden Title IX rule.
• March 2025: Under the Trump administration, ADF, Louisiana, and the U.S. Department of Education agreed to dismiss this appeal.
• June 2026: Because of the positive final rulings in Tennessee v. McMahon and Carroll Independent School District v. United States Department of Education, the case was dismissed as moot.