The Department of Education is threatening sanctions against Denver public schools over their use of all-gender restrooms, the latest Trump administration action against gender-related accommodations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a Thursday release<\/u><\/a> from the Education Department, its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) \u201cfound that Denver Public Schools (the District) violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) and its implementing regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOCR concluded that the District\u2019s conversion of sex-separated multi-stall restrooms to \u2018all-gender\u2019 facilities and its policies contained in the \u2018Denver Public Schools LGBTQ+ Toolkit,\u2019 which allow students to use intimate facilities corresponding to their \u2018gender identity\u2019 rather than biological sex, violate Title IX\u2019s prohibition against sex discrimination,\u201d the press release said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Back in January, the Department of Education began an investigation<\/u><\/a> against Denver Public Schools for changing a girl\u2019s restroom into an all-gender one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDenver Public Schools violated Title IX and its implementing regulations by converting a sex-segregated restroom designated for girls in East High School to an \u2018all-gender\u2019 facility and by allowing students to use the high school\u2019s intimate facilities on the basis of their \u2018gender identity\u2019 rather than their biological sex,\u201d Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs a result, the District is creating a hostile environment for its students by endangering their safety, privacy, and dignity while denying them access to equal educational activities and opportunities,\u201d Trainor added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The OCR said it had put forth \u201ca proposed Resolution Agreement to\u201d the Denver schools \u201cto resolve its Title IX violations\u201d that includes it having to \u201cconvert and redesignate all multi-stall restrooms for use by both sexes in any District school back to sex-designated multi-stall restroom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOCR has offered the District an opportunity to voluntarily agree within 10 days or risk imminent enforcement action,\u201d the Department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Hill has reached out to Denver Public Schools for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n President Trump has repeatedly sought to clamp down on transgender Americans and schools that accommodate their identity, launching investigations at all levels of education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Tuesday, House Republicans introduced legislation<\/u><\/a> that would bar transgender girls from sports teams or restrooms that match their gender identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n