Jeffco Schools Lawsuit Seeks Clarity After Federal Challenge to Transgender Policies
By: Matt Kyle | The Denver Gazette
In the wake of several threats by the Trump administration to revoke federal funding, Jeffco Public Schools filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education seeking to protect that badly needed money.
Jeffco has been under investigation by the DOE’s Office of Civil Rights over the district’s policies regarding transgender students, which the federal government alleges violate Title IX.
Jeffco officials said its policies are in line with Colorado state law and that the dispute is between the state and federal governments, not the school district.
In its complaint, Jeffco said the district’s policies align with the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, which broadly prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identit...