AAU submitted comments on a Department of Education notice of proposed rulemaking on Title IX regulations. The letter applauds the proposed new definitions and explicit Title IX protections in the NPRM “against discrimination based on gender identity, presentation, expression, and stereotypes as well as against discrimination based on pregnancy and marital status.” The letter also emphasizes the need for “a significant on-ramp period” to allow campuses time to effectively implement the final policy. AAU strongly recommends that “the effective date of the updated Title IX regulations be no less than the start of the academic year following one full calendar year after the publication of the final rule.”