Who Decides? The Title IX Religious Exemption and Administrative Authority

Authors

Elise S. Faust

Abstract

The Title IX religious exemption demonstrates how statutory religious exemptions can help further social change by neutralizing potential conflict with religious dissenters. Part of the reason for its success is that it is narrowly constructed and automatically applies to qualifying institutions. However, the regulations contradict the statutory text by potentially giving the Department of Education discretion to grant or deny exemptions. Were the Department to fully exercise this power, its actions would conflict with both the language of the statute and the Constitution. The Department of Education’s recent scrutiny of the “controlled by” language of the exemption provides an example of the hazards of allowing the Department to grant or deny exemptions.

Rights

© 2017 Brigham Young University Law Review

Recommended Citation

Elise S. Faust, Who Decides? The Title IX Religious Exemption and Administrative Authority, 2017 BYU L. Rev. 1197 (2018).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/lawreview/vol2017/iss5/7