POSTPONED: the publication of the new Title IX regulations that cut deep into accused students' due process protections has been pushed back from May to October 2023.

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This postponement gives advocates for due process all more time to prepare and raises interesting questions about the ease of schools making such adjustments in the middle of an academic year, the effective date of the new regulations, and so forth.

When the final rule is released, it will no doubt reflect much of the anti-due process measures embodied in the draft version. But with the effective date being moved back nearly half a year, accused students will be afforded these due process protections a while longer.