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Executive Order 14021: Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free From Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Directed Education to review Title IX regulations and enforcement so students would be protected from sex discrimination, including discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Status: Revoked.

Is Executive Order 14021 still in effect? No. Rescinded January 20, 2025; implementing Title IX rule vacated.

Students, including a wheelchair user, enter a school beneath a shield bearing scales of justice.
Educational access and nondiscrimination, illustrated symbolically; not a depiction of a particular case or current Title IX requirements. EO Explained · site-generated editorial illustration · not documentary evidence.

What does Executive Order 14021 do?

Education was given 100 days to review Title IX policy and consider action with Justice after that review.

Administration position: The order’s findings and policy rationale were the Biden administration’s positions. This guide distinguishes them from implementation records and judicial rulings.
SignedMarch 8, 2021
Lead officialsEducation Department and Attorney General
Express timingAgency review within 100 days

Before and after

Before the order

The 2020 Title IX rule governed school grievance procedures, while federal interpretation of sex discrimination had shifted across administrations.

After the order

Education issued guidance and a 2024 Title IX rule. A federal court vacated that rule nationwide in January 2025; EO 14168 then rescinded EO 14021 and directed contrary federal policy.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
EducationReview existing Title IX regulations and guidance100 days
Education and JusticeConsider enforcement and policy actionFollowing review

What happened next

EO 14021 signed.

A federal district court vacated the 2024 rule nationwide.

EO 14168 rescinded EO 14021.

Reviewed court position

Court status

No court opinion, filing or docket is linked in this guide’s current source set.