(Washington Examiner)—Two organizations filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Illinois State Board of Education and the state’s largest school district over allegations that the academic institutions violated Title IX regulations.
The ISBE and Chicago Public Schools failed to comply with Title IX regulations prohibiting sexual discrimination in the education system on the basis of sex, according to a complaint filed Monday by the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies and the Liberty Justice Center.
The complaint claims Illinois has unlawfully adhered to an interpretation of Title IX that has expanded protections based on biological sex to include “gender identity,” leading to transgender students being allowed to frequent the same private spaces as members of the opposite biological sex.
“ISBE and CPS are carrying out a state law that conflicts with Title IX’s guarantees by forcing students to share intimate spaces like bathrooms with members of the opposite sex as a condition of accessing school programs and activities,” a press release announcing the civil rights complaint states.
The complaint comes after an Illinois mother expressed concern over policies established by the Deerfield School District that she said…
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