Trump administration threatens to cut funding over school districts’ transgender policies
Federal investigators say the districts hid transgender status from parents and may face funding cuts and enforcement proceedings under FERPA.
- The Trump administration threatened to cut federal funding from school districts in Maryland and Michigan over their policies on disclosing students' transgender status to parents.
- The Education Department alleged that Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland violated family privacy law by classifying information about a student's gender identity as 'confidential medical information'.
- Civil rights groups argue that such actions by the administration violate academic freedom, free speech, and due process.
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US threatens school districts over transgender policies
The U.S. Education Department said it partnered with the Justice Department to look at the issue, and enforcement actions could include "applicable judicial proceedings and potential loss of federal funding."
Jeffco Public Schools sues Trump administration to prevent it from pulling funding over transgender policies
Jeffco Public Schools has sued the Trump administration to prevent the U.S. Department of Education from pulling more than $50 million in federal K-12 funding
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Education department alleges parents’ rights violations
The U.S. Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office and the Department of Justice allege that two school districts, Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland and Ann Arbor Public Schools in Michigan, have withheld information from parents regarding students' gender identity.
Appalachian News-Express
Education department alleges parents' rights violations
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office and the Department of Justice allege that two school districts, Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland and Ann Arbor Public Schools in Michigan, have withheld information…
School district is secretly ‘transitioning’ child, Trump administration alleges
The Trump administration is threatening action against a Maryland county after parents alleged their child was transitioned behind their backs. Parents sued Anne Arundel County Public Schools on July 8, alleging that unidentified high school staff secretly “socially transitioned” their child. ‘The school was secretly helping their daughter pretend to be male.’ The Departments of...
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