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…
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…
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…
Kansas Association of School Boards lawyer advises Lansing Unified School District 469 to not comply with President Trump’s executive orders prohibiting DEI
On March 11, 2025, The Lion reported that Lansing Unified School District 469 voted against a resolution 4-3 to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders…
PDE Files Complaint Against the U.S. Department of Education to Compel Compliance with Ignored FOIAs
PDE’s president, Nicole Neily, submitted five FOIA requests to the Department on behalf of PDE from July 2022 through February 2024. The requests were all straightforward and limited in time…
GrantED – Social Work
Total number of states: 19 Total amount of Department of Education grant funding: $100,964,880 Number of colleges and universities receiving grants: 25 Total number of colleges and universities in…
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…
Woonsocket Education Department has policy to keep gender identity of students hidden from parents
The Woonsocket Education Department has a policy in place titled “Transgender Student Non-Discrimination Policy.” The policy explains that the gender identity of students can be hidden from parents: “If appropriate,…
Cumberland School Department has policy to keep gender identity of students hidden from parents
The Cumberland School Department has a policy in place labeled as for “students who identify as transgender or nonbinary.” The policy explicitly states that the gender identity of students should…