WASHINGTON D.C. (WIBW) – Federal officers are ordering 4 Kansas school districts to reverse course on insurance policies associated to college students’ gender identities.
The United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights examined insurance policies in Topeka Public Schools, Kansas City, Kansas Public School District, Shawnee Mission School District, and Olathe Public Schools on request from Attorney General Kris Kobach. The company additionally reported a complaint made by conservative training group DFI.
The conclusion from OCR is that the districts had a number of insurance policies or practices in place that it deems to have violated Title IX protections and FERPA:
- Policies that permit male college students to make use of feminine restrooms, locker rooms, and altering rooms, in addition to take part in single-sex athletics, primarily based on “gender identity.”
- Policies that permit faculties to hide from dad and mom whether or not their kids are utilizing completely different pronouns, going by completely different names, and even having completely different names printed on their diplomas.
- Male college students have been allowed to make use of feminine restrooms and locker rooms primarily based on “gender identity.”
“These Kansas school districts have allowed ‘gender ideology’ to run amok in their schools. These policies not only violate federal law, but are contrary to the sound judgment we expect from our educational leaders, and thoroughly disrespectful to parents who entrust school personnel to keep their children safe,” Kimberly Richey, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, stated. “Schools should never subject girls to unsafe, uncomfortable, and unfair environments, nor should they abuse their authority by hiding the most sensitive information about a child’s health and wellbeing from that child’s parents. The Trump Administration will always protect students and parents by enforcing Title IX and parental rights laws to the fullest extent of the law.”
USD 501 says its practices are so as with federal law, and that lately handed state law addresses the considerations introduced by OCR.
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