The Biden administration required schools to respect transgender student rights, whereas the Trump administration says the law does not extend to gender identity. That agreement, the Education Department said, violated civil rights law because it included requirements related to diversity, equity and inclusion. The agency said it would no longer enforce agreements reached with Taft; Cape Henlopen School District in Delaware; Delaware Valley School District in Pennsylvania; the Fife School District in Washington; and La Mesa-Spring Valley School District and Sacramento City Unified School District, both in California. The Trump administration has also opened a number of civil rights investigations into schools for allowing biological males who identify as female to participate in girls’ or women’s sports or use women’s locker rooms. In Sacramento, school officials pledged to continue to protect trans students in the wake of the Education Department’s decision.

Source: Washington Post April 07, 2026 05:00 UTC