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President Biden signed two executive orders on Monday advancing “gender equality” in conjunction with International Women’s Day — amid days of tepid White House responses to the sexual-harassment scandal surrounding Gov. Cuomo.
The first order signed by Biden established the White House Gender Policy Council — a four-member panel initially created under President Barack Obama under a different name but disbanded by President Donald Trump — aimed at addressing “gender in policies, programs and budgets” on a “government-wide” scale.
More specifically, the council is tasked with combating systemic bias and discrimination, as well as sexual harassment and violence both domestically and worldwide.
The second order, according to the White House, directs the Department of Education to review the Title IX regulation issued under Trump-era Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
That regulation undid the guidance put out by Obama in 2011, which told educational institutions that a single act of sexual harassment, “regardless of where the conduct occurred,” could prompt a Title IX investigation.
Title IX refers to the 1972 law barring discrimination based on sex in education.
Biden’s order directs the Education Department to “review all of its existing regulations, orders, guidance, and policies to ensure consistency with the Biden-Harris Administration’s policy that students be guaranteed education free from sexual violence.”
Neither Biden nor Vice President Kamala Harris has personally condemned Cuomo, though White House press secretary Jen Psaki has said the two support an “independent investigation.”