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Nick Minock Wed, September 17th 2025 at 12:59 PM
Updated Thu, September 18th 2025 at 9:46 AM

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The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Va. (7News)

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — The U.S. Department of Education has notified Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) that it cannot certify their Magnet School grant applications “as they are in violation of federal civil rights laws, including Title IX.” ... Specifically, the U.S. Department of Education takes issue with FCPS’s policy that allows students to use the bathroom and locker room of their choice at school based on their chosen gender identity.

“Title IX’s commitment to sex-separated intimate facilities is based on immutable biological differences, well-established privacy interests, and ensuring the safety of all students when in enclosed and vulnerable spaces,” Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor wrote to Fairfax County Superintendent Michelle Reid. “This is not only permissible and advisable but often necessary to ensure equal opportunities for girls and women and prevent a hostile educational environment. When recipients of Federal funding require schools to treat “trans-identifying” males as if they were “females,” including in intimate traditionally sex-separate facilities, they defeat the very purpose of Title IX: to ensure equal opportunities for women while not jeopardizing their privacy, safety, or other rights.”

FCPS’s Magnet School is Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

The U.S. Department of Education is giving FCPS and two other school districts three days to come into compliance with civil rights laws and continue receiving Magnet School funding.

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