The Education Department says it has terminated agreements that previous administrations reached with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding rights and protections for transgender students.

The Education Department said Monday it has terminated agreements that previous administrations reached with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding rights and protections for transgender students.

The decision means the department will no longer play a role in enforcing those agreements, which called for schools to take steps to comply with federal civil rights law. The districts affected are Cape Henlopen School District in Delaware, Fife School District in Washington, Delaware Valley School District in Pennsylvania, and La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, Sacramento City Unified and Taft College in California.

Under the Biden and Obama administrations, the department interpreted Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education, to include protections for transgender and gay students.

  • cy888@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Bad writing

    Are they cancelling agreements in which the agreements protect students… Or

    Are they cancelling agreements in order to protect students from harmful agreements

  • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Anyone know why these districts had specific agreements in the first place? I’m having trouble finding that info. Shouldn’t the government have been trying to enforce Title IX with all school districts? (I know that’s not the case they were but I’m curious why these districts seem to have been special cases)