USDA Rescinds 2022 Bostock Policy Update

On July 7, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has officially rescinded the May 2022 Bostock policy update.

On July 7, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), rescinded the May 2022, Bostock policy update that sought to require federally-funded food and nutrition service programs to redefine discrimination by reason of “sex” under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) and the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (FNA) as not based on just male or female, but also “gender identity.” This policy rescission memo can be found on the USDA FNS Documents and Resources web page .

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