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Fairfax County Public Schools could lose federal funding over bathroom policy
['Sydney Persing', 'Fox Dc Digital Team']
Latest News | FOX 5 DC
The Brief Fairfax County Public Schools could lose some federal funding over its transgender bathroom and locker room policies.
The Education Department sent Fairfax County schools a letter that said it would deny certification of magnet school grant money to FCPS if it did not change its policy.
The deadline has passed for Fairfax County Public Schools to change its bathroom policy or risk losing millions of dollars in funding.
The Department of Education has not responded to FOX 5’s request for comment about what happens now that it doesn’t appear that Fairfax County Public Schools made any changes to its policy.
The district also claimed federal grant money for mental health services has already been canceled, which they say will detrimentally impact students and staff.
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