OCR rescinds six Obama/Biden-era Title IX resolution agreements protecting transgender students

Guidance/memoED

Date
Actor
Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Agency
Department of Education (ED)
Type
Guidance/memo
Section
SUPPLEMENT: ACTIONS MISSED BY EARLIER SWEEPS, JANUARY 2025 TO NOVEMBER 2026

Summary

On April 6, 2026 OCR announced it was rescinding parts of six resolution agreements with school districts and a community college in California, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Washington. They include Cape Henlopen, Delaware Valley, Fife, La Mesa-Spring Valley, Sacramento City Unified and Taft College. OCR called the agreements an unlawful reading of Title IX as covering gender identity and said the entities were not in violation and were released. Obligations that ended included pronoun-related training and identity-consistent bathroom access.

Status

Done; some boards must still vote on policy changes.

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