Oversight

FOIA REQUEST: Records Pertaining to Communications Between Irene Mulvey and the U.S. Department of Education

At the time of the drafting and adoption of the 2024 Title IX Rule, ED officials, were under tremendous pressure from outside interest groups to make significant changes to the 2020 Rule. One such group was the American Association of University Professors whose President was Irene Mulvey. The public has an interest in knowing which outside interest groups, including the American Association of University Professors may may have affected ED’s Title IX interpretations and rulemaking during the prior administration. DFI is also concerned that changes to the 2020 Rule imperiled sex based equal opportunities for girls and women to compete in sex-segregated competitive athletics, denying them the protections ensured by Title IX. DFI and the public have an interest in knowing the activities and communications related to outside influences that played a role in the unconstitutional redrafting of certain Title IX regulations.