SPPO opens FERPA investigations into four Kansas school districts over gender-identity confidentiality

Enforcement/investigationED

Date
Actor
ED Student Privacy Policy Office
Agency
Department of Education (ED)
Type
Enforcement/investigation
Section
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Summary

SPPO opened FERPA investigations into four Kansas districts (Olathe, Shawnee Mission, Topeka, and Kansas City, Kansas) alleged to withhold from parents information about their children's gender identity at school - the parental-notification counterpart to OCR's Title IX facilities investigations of the same districts.

Status

Ongoing; the same four districts received Title IX enforcement letters June 11, 2026 and three were referred to DOJ July 1, 2026 (below).

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