The Department of Education has restored Title IX’s 2020 rules to the Code of Federal Regulations, removing one layer of legal uncertainty. For colleges and universities, however, the operating environment may be less clean. Policies, conduct workflows, training materials, user permissions, and historical case records may have changed at different points during the 2024 rule cycle, leaving institutions with a reconciliation problem even after the legal baseline has returned to 2020.

The September 29, 2026 recodification repeals the 2024 Title IX rule and restores the regulatory text that existed before that rulemaking, with limited technical exceptions. The Department has also stated that the 2024 rule had been vacated and was not enforceable nationwide. Just as importantly, the recodification does not impose new substantive obligations or additional recordkeeping requirements.

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