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Education Department Opens Parental Rights Case Against Ann Arbor Schools Over Transgender Policy
['Katherine Dailey']
Pride Source
In partnership with the Department of Education, the Department of Justice will initiate enforcement proceedings with districts that fail to comply.”
Ann Arbor Public Schools’ policy currently has a section dedicated to transgender and gender-nonconforming students, which includes a statement that the district “shall accept the gender identity that each student asserts.
The Department of Education and Department of Justice entered into a partnership in June specifically focused on privacy policies, including parental rights.
It specifically notes that FERPA compliance means that “schools must allow parents to review all education records of their student, including any document related to a student’s ‘gender identity’.”
Ann Arbor schools were already the target of a Title IX investigation by the education department for allowing students to compete on athletic teams and use locker rooms based on their gender identities.