Parents Drop Lawsuit Against Ill. School System’s Transgender Policy
The four-year legal battle began after parents sued Township High School District 211 for allowing a transgender girl to use the girl’s locker room.
The four-year legal battle began after parents sued Township High School District 211 for allowing a transgender girl to use the girl’s locker room.
The judge ruled that a policy, which required students to use the bathroom that aligns with their biological sex, violated a transgender student’s constitutional rights.
The Department of Education did not issue any new official Title IX guidance relating to its interpretation of transgender students’ rights.
The letter, organized by the Human Rights Campaign, criticizes the Trump administration for rescinding restroom guidance for transgender students.
The decision comes after Kenosha Unified School District was found to have violated Title IX.
The injunction was filed against the U.S. Department of Education after a previous lawsuit against an Illinois school district was denied.
Despite changes to transgender rights by the Trump administration, trans students have seen recent victories in legal battles for their school rights.
The toolkit is intended to be a resource for teachers and administrators to address the needs of transgender or gender-noncomforming students.
The court’s ruling upholds a lower court’s decision to let the student use the bathroom that matches his gender identity.
School districts in the state had requested guidance in responding to policy changes under President Donald Trump.
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