99 DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS SLAM DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR FAILURE TO ENFORCE TITLE IX AND PROTECT STUDENT SURVIVORS

Washington, Oct. 9 -- Representative Suzanne Bonamici issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) member Maxine Dexter (OR-03), DWC member Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) and Rep. Mark Takano (CA-41) led a letter to the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Education. The letter urges the Acting Inspector General to open an investigation into the Department's gutting of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Title IX rollbacks and its impact on the Department's ability to enforce Title IX protections for student survivors of sexual assault and harassment. 99 House Democratsjoined the effort.

The call for the investigation comes after Jane Doe'...