Former University Workers Urge High Court To Preserve Title IX Private Suit Rights

( July 14, 2026, 2:37 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two former employees of the University System of Georgia, in a dispute over whether they can privately sue their public employer for sex discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, urge the U.S. Supreme Court in a petitioner brief to maintain its longstanding position that private damages actions are available under Title IX when a federally funded recipient intentionally violates the statute....