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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected efforts by the Biden administration to temporarily put on hold a federal court鈥檚 decision that blocks a central part of new Title IX rules for schools from going into effect.

The by the justices allows a to block the rules to remain in place for now. Reeves had sided with Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and five other Republican attorneys general in a lawsuit challenging the new Title IX rules, which aim to protect transgender students.

A federal appeals court last month , and that court is hearing an appeal of Reeves鈥� decision in October.

鈥淭he Court expects that the Courts of Appeals will render their decisions with appropriate dispatch,鈥� the majority of justices wrote.

The order also another federal court decision blocking the new Title IX rules brought separately by the Louisiana attorney general and three other Republican attorneys general.

Coleman in a statement on the order said the Republican attorneys general were defending 鈥渆qual opportunities for Kentucky鈥檚 women and young girls鈥� at the country鈥檚 highest court.

鈥淭he Biden-Harris Administration is threatening to rip away 50 years of Title IX protections. Together with our colleagues in Tennessee and four other states, we are fighting to uphold the promise of Title IX for generations to come,鈥� Coleman said.

Title IX deals with sex-based discrimination at any school that receives federal funding.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miquel Cardona previously said in a statement the new Title IX rules would have built 鈥渙n the legacy of Title IX by clarifying that all our nation鈥檚 students can access schools that are safe, welcoming, and respect their rights.鈥�

The rules, which would have went into effect Aug. 1, sought to that narrowly defined sexual harassment and directed schools to conduct live hearings, allowing those who were accused of sexual harassment or assault to cross-examine their accusers.

Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia joined Kentucky challenging the administration鈥檚 order.

Reeves鈥� opinion said the states represented in the lawsuit argued that the Title IX rules would 鈥渋nvalidate scores of States鈥� and schools鈥� sex-separated sports policies.鈥� The Kentucky General Assembly passed to require athletes in schools to play on teams associated with their biological sex

A sponsor of that law, Sen. Robby Mills, R-Henderson, applauded the U.S. Supreme Court order in a Friday statement, which he said 鈥渄irectly condemns the woke ideology promoted by the U.S. Department of Education and the Biden-Harris administration.鈥� Henderson thanked Coleman for defending the law.

鈥淲okeism and gender ideology must never trump Kentucky values and the U.S. Constitution,鈥� Mills said.

Editor鈥檚 note: This story was updated Saturday morning with additional comments. 

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