The Department of Education is threatening sanctions against Denver public schools over their use of all-gender restrooms, the latest action against gender-related accommodations by the Trump administration. The Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) found that Denver Public Schools violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and its implementing regulations. The OCR concluded that the District’s conversion of sex-separated multi-stall restrooms to ‘all-gender’ facilities and policies contained in the ‘Denver Public Schools LGBTQ+ Toolkit,’ which allow students to use intimate facilities corresponding to their ‘gender identity’ rather than their biological sex, violated Title IX’s prohibition against sex discrimination. The OCR has put forth a proposed Resolution Agreement to the Denver schools to resolve its Title IX violations, including having to convert and redesignate all multi-stall restrooms for use by both sexes in any District school back to sex-designated multi-stall restrooms. The Department has offered the District an opportunity to voluntarily agree within 10 days or risk imminent enforcement action. President Trump has repeatedly sought to clamp down on transgender Americans and schools that accommodate their identity, launching investigations at all levels of education.
The Education Department is threatening sanctions against Denver schools for allegedly allowing an all-gender bathroom. SacDepSpa 823
