Chino Valley Unified School District files OCR complaint against California for mandating districts to adopt policies to hide gender identity of students from parents
On April 11, 2025, Chino Valley Unified School District’s Board of Education sent a letter filing a complaint to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) “to…
Incidents
Fairfax County Public Schools passes proclamation to declare March 31 as “Transgender Day of Visibility”
On March 27, 2025, the School Board of Fairfax County Public Schools unanimously passed a “Transgender Day of Visibility Proclamation” for March 31. The School Board…
Incidents
Three school districts in Washington now involved in complaints over state mandating transgender policy
Three school districts in Washington are now involved in complaints over the state mandating males to participate in female sports and mandating schools to keep the gender identity of students…
Incidents
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION: Maybe We Should Stop Calling Them Schools?
With the recent release of The Nation’s Report Card that revealed catastrophic results in math and reading for America’s 4th and 8th graders, it’s fair to say that America’s schools are…
Commentaries
Transgender Policies in Maine
All the policies and guidance we documented in Maine include language about withholding information from parents about their own child’s gender identity at school. Number of K-12 school districts in…
Investigations
Kennewick School District files OCR complaint against Washington state officials including State Superintendent and Interscholastic Activities Association for allowing men to participate in women’s sports and for forcing district to adopt transgender policy that excludes parents
The Kennewick School District filed a formal Title IX Civil Rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against Washington State officials including Washington State…
Incidents
Middleborough school committee member pushed back against district hiring attorneys and litigating against family whose child was sent home for wearing shirt that stated “there are only two genders”
In 2023, a 12-year-old student at Nichols Middle School in Middleborough Public Schools wore a shirt to school that stated: “There are only two genders.” He was…
Incidents
Community Unit School District 300 uses gender support plan that appears to explain the gender identity of students can be hidden from parents
Parents Defending Education submitted a public records request to Community Unit School District 300 seeking any guidance on transgender issues. The district provided PDE with a policy titled “Student Gender…
Incidents
Providence Public Schools has policy to keep gender identity of students hidden from parents
Providence Public Schools has a policy in place titled “Transgender and Gender Expansive Students” that explicitly states that the gender identity of students can be hidden from parents. The policy…
Incidents
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