Conservative school board Washington State After facing pressure to comply with what the board calls state model policy on gender inclusion in schools, the board believes that the national model policy of federal directives is violated and requires the Trump administration to intervene.
Mead School Board wrote to the Department of Education and Justice on Tuesday, asking for federal aid to address its legal dilemma for the state.”Schools that include gender“Policy 3211 prohibits discrimination based on school gender identity based on schools’ compliance with Washington law.
The letter explains that the district has been authorized by the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Education (OSPI) to modify its current gender identity policy to comply with the statewide model policy. However, the board argued that the state demanded the President Donald TrumpExecute orders about gender ideology in schools and protect women’s sports.
The board believes it has been placed in an “impossible position” because compliance with OSPI’s mandate could endanger its federal funding, but non-compliance could result in “economic fines and losses of funds imposed by the state.”
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The school board said the community expressed “deep opposition” to the changes needed, including blocking school staff Notify parents Gender identity of children without the student’s consent.
Mead School Committee Chairman Michael Cannon told Speaker review. “It’s a hard place to get into.”
Current school district policies are an attempt to “middle stand” between state tasks and protect parental rights, Letter from the Board explain.
However, the principal’s office determined in February that the statewide civil rights review that the district’s policies do not comply with the state’s gender-encompassing policy guidelines. According to OSPI, they have 30 days of correction action.
“The school board is not only facing legal dilemma (not its own making), but also in an incredible position that cannot be “unwinned” with stakeholders and members, and most people oppose the OSPI concept in OSPI attempt to enforce 3211 in Policy 3211, whatever it is,” Mead School Board Litter Litter Litter Reals. “As the school board, we are the cannon feed in an ongoing cultural war.”
The board asks the Education Department and the Justice Department to protect its federal funding, issue guidelines to affirm federal policies that are more than states require conflicting state requirements, and investigate the Office of Principal’s Civil Rights Infringement Title IX and protection of parental rights protected under federal law.
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“We are working to protect the educational stability of more than 10,000 students, and we will not trample parental rights as state institutions, put female athletes at a disadvantage and endanger our ability to serve students,” Cannon said. In the statement.
The Office of the Director of Public Teaching defended national policy in comment.
An OSPI spokesperson told Fox News Numbers. “States are allowed to provide students with greater protection than required by the minimum federal standards, and Washington’s laws are fully in line with the scope permitted by federal law.”
They added: “The federal executive order or interpretive letter requires different approaches to no independent legal force and therefore no need to change school policies. Such changes in school policies may expose students to discrimination on a basis of gender identity or gender expression.”
The conservative school board asks the Department of Education to protect its federal funding, issue guidance, confirm federal policy than states requires conflicting state requirements, and investigate Washington State principals’ violations regarding Chapter IX and parental rights protections under federal law. (Getty Image)
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“If any district refuses to comply with state laws, and any federal funding approved by OSPI complying with state laws, is also being frozen from or removed from Washington’s K-12 school system,” OSPI said.
The Justice Department and the Education Department did not respond to requests for comment.
