The ruling represents a loss for four school districts, three charter schools, and a public education cooperative.
Roughly $50 million is on the line after the Office for Civil Rights found Jeffco in violation of Title IX. The district says the feds got key facts wrong and are misapplying the law.
The Justice Department can ‘cherry pick’ cases that align with President Donald Trump’s political priorities. Now it’s taking on a larger role in school civil rights enforcement.
The policy is one of the most recent examples of school districts and states seemingly wanting more control over what teachers say and display in the classroom, especially when it comes to LGBTQ content.
The Supreme Court said states can bar transgender athletes from women’s and girls' sports. That’s not the end of the story.
More than half of states prevent transgender girls and women from playing on school teams that match their lived gender. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that such laws don’t violate the Constitution.
“This is a new way of doing business,” a former attorney for the federal Office for Civil Rights said.
At risk is more than $90 million in federal funding for Jeffco’s 74,000 students, the district said.
The investigations are based on allegations that transgender students competed on girls teams and used locker rooms.
The Trump administration says Jeffco Public Schools is violating the federal sex discrimination law. The district disagrees.
School district leaders for Chicago, Virginia’s Loudoun County, and San Francisco fought with GOP lawmakers about everything from access to algebra to abortion.
Rescinding civil rights agreements could send a message to students that there’s no point in filing a complaint, advocates and legal experts said.
Athletic rosters indicate “male students occupy 61 roster positions on girls’ sports teams,” a press release says. It’s not clear how investigators reached that conclusion.
Democrats hold the majority on the board, and they argued that the board should stay focused on key education issues such as literacy.
Will schools have to proactively notify parents about student gender identity decisions, or could they wait for parents to ask? Those and other questions are still up in the air.
Conservatives hailed the decision as a victory for parents’ rights. The decision could have implications for other state and school district policies designed to be supportive of LGBTQ students.
The Department of Justice is investigating whether parents can take their kids out of classes with “gender ideology” lessons.
Gender and sexuality alliances once led the charge for queer student activism. Student reporter Mher Melikyan says it’s time for GSAs to rebrand and reclaim that power.
District 49, a conservative-leaning district near Colorado Springs, spearheaded the lawsuit last spring.
The districts’ lawsuit against the state will continue.