News in Brief: A Washington Roundup

A federal judge in Washington heard arguments last week on a Department of Education bid to dismiss a challenge of Title IX rules, but delayed issuing a ruling.

The National Wrestling Coaches Association and other plaintiffs early this year filed suit, challenging rules written in 1979 and 1996 by the Education Department on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The law was meant to ensure that schools and colleges receiving federal funds give equal educational opportunities to men and women.

The plaintiffs contend that the federal rules in fact discriminate against men and have in some cases caused schools to eliminate men's teams, or...