U.S. Department of Education Opens Title IX Investigation Into WNC School District

US Education Department investigates Buncombe school district over transgender restroom policies • Asheville Watchdog

The U.S. Department of Education is launching an investigation into Buncombe County Schools over its policy on restroom use by transgender female students.  The Department of Education announced the Title IX investigation on Wednesday, based on a parent’s claim that girls in the district were being “forced to share their female-only restrooms with biological men,” according to an agency press release. Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in edu…

US Dept of Ed targets Buncombe, Cabarrus schools over restroom policy

Buncombe County Schools is the second North Carolina district to land under federal investigation this month over its bathroom policies, as the US Department of Education mounts a campaign to keep transgender students out of facilities that don’t match their birth sex. The department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened the Title IX inquiry June 17 after a parent complained that girls were “being forced to share their female-only restrooms wit…

U.S. Department of Education opens Title IX investigation into WNC school district

The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights announced it is opening a Title IX investigation into a Western North Carolina school district over an alleged violation of bathroom access.

Department of Education investigating possible Title IX violation at Buncombe Co. Schools

Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any program that receives federal financial assistance.

Department of Education opens Title IX investigation into Buncombe County Schools

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) - The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights said it has opened a Title IX investigation into Buncombe County Schools. Officials said they received a report from a parent that girls have reportedly been forced to share a restroom with biological men. The Department of Education claims the alleged [...]

US Department of Education opens investigation into Buncombe County Schools over restrooms

The U.S. Department of Education has opened a Title IX investigation into Buncombe County Schools in North Carolina regarding the district's restroom policies.