TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jun 14, 2022

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III is leading a coalition of 26 state attorneys general which is asking President Joe Biden to withdraw the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new guidance on sex discrimination for schools and programs that receive federal nutritional assistance. Last month the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service announced it would expand its interpretation of the prohibition on sex discrimination found in Title IX to include discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The coalition’s letter says the new guidance “imposes new- and unlawful- regulatory measures on state agencies and operators receiving federal financial assistance from the USDA” that will result in “regulatory chaos that threatens essential nutritional services to some of the most vulnerable citizens.” Read more from the AG’s Office.