On April 19, 2023, a coalition of 25 organizations representing 397,494 members, including Parents Defending Education, sent a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona raising serious concerns about the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed Title IX rule on sports participation by students who identify as transgender. The coalition opposes the Department’s effort to force schools to let athletes play on the team that matches their self-declared gender identity. These changes would harm the mental and physical well-being of female athletes, undermine parents’ rights and states’ authority, and strain the budgets of federal, state, and local education agencies across the country.
Read the full letter below.
In alphabetical order, the organizations include:
American Education Advocates
Army of Parents
Awake Illinois
CA Foundation for Educational Rights
CACAGNY
CAPA Nova
Colorado Parent Advocacy Network
Courage is a Habit
Fight for Schools
For Kids & Country
Protective Parent Coalition
Hope for PA
Moms for Liberty
New Trier Neighbors
No Left Turn in Education
Olentangy for Educational Integrity
Parents Defending Education
Parents Unite
Parents United for Freedom
Poudre School District Parents for Change
Power2Parent
Push Back Idaho
Truth in Education
United Against Racism in Education
West Valley Parents Uniting
Read the full letter below:
