On March 18, the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) and the Liberty Justice Center (LJC) filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS). The complaint asserts that ISBE and CPS are violating Title IX by forcing students to share bathrooms, locker rooms, and overnight accommodations with members of the opposite sex, based solely on self-declared “gender identity.”
Despite multiple federal court rulings striking down unlawful redefinitions of Title IX, ISBE and CPS continue to enforce policies that are in direct conflict with the law. In light of these violations, DFI and the Liberty Justice Center are urging OCR to take immediate action, investigate ISBE and CPS, and ensure that these entities comply with Title IX or risk losing federal funding.
Schools Are Failing Our Girls—We’re Taking Action against corrupt school officials who are trying to advance their own extreme political agendas.
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Jacob Huebert serves as the president of the Liberty Justice Center. He previously served as the Liberty Justice Center’s Director of Litigation. In that role, he successfully litigated cases to protect economic liberty, free speech and other constitutional rights. Jacob and his work have appeared in numerous national media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Fox News Channel.
Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened investigations into the Illinois Department of Education, the Chicago Public Schools District 299, and the Deerfield Public Schools District 109 in Illinois amid allegations that these entities violated Title IX by requiring girls in the school to share...