DeVos says federal Title IX guidelines have 'failed,' will seek public input for new regulation

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Education Secretary Betsy DeVos today will declare that an era of “rule by letter” is over and announce plans to launch a public comment period to inform new federal regulations of campus sexual assault policies. In remarks at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, DeVos will say that the Obama administration helped elevate public discussion of the issue of sexual assault. But the secretary will also say the current federal approach has done a disservice...