Schools and school districts—including Catholic schools—that accept federal funding may want to rethink that age-old decision for easy-flowing government cash. There are strings attached. And recently those strings took on bizarre consequences that threaten student safety and dignity.
When the federal Department of Education created a new rule that mandates schools allow restrooms and other, traditionally segregated areas be open to students according to each student’s perceived gender identity, regardless of biological gender, it did so without following the proper procedure. But that hasn’t stopped the feds from pursuing punitive action against Texas’ Township High School District 221 (District 221).
In District 221, students were already allowed to use school restrooms according to perceived gender identity, at a tremendous violation of privacy for most students, especially female students.
But that wasn’t sufficient violation of privacy for the federal Department of Education (DOE).
The DOE threatened District 221 with the loss of $6 million in federal funding if it did not allow biologically male students full use the girl’s locker room as well.
Rather than taking a principled stand against such illegal invasion of young teens’ privacy, safety and peace of mind, District 221 agreed to do the federal DOE’s bidding.
Needless to say, students and parents are outraged.
After all, the local school district is where local parental voices should most be heard. Not here!
Instead, young 14 to 17 year old girls are expected to undress, change clothes and so forth, regardless of whether or not biological males are sharing the same locker room or could walk in at any time. It doesn’t take much imagination to understand the girls’ anxiety, stress and embarrassment about this ruling—not to mention the radical violation of their right to privacy.
Frustrated by not being heard, more than 135 parents and students banned together to form Students and Parents for Privacy and are taking the matter to the courts in Students and Parents for Privacy v. United States Department of Education. Read more>>
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