Officials announced that the Education Department’s civil rights office would also be broken off, the most aggressive move yet to dismantle the department.
The Education Department on Monday opened a Title IX investigation into Smith College, a private all-women’s school, for admitting transgender women. In a release, the Education Department wrote that its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is opening an investigation into the Massachusetts college for admitting transgender women and “granting them access to women-only spaces, including dormitories, bathrooms, locker rooms, and athletic teams.” #SmithCollege #EducationDepartment #Transgender #WhiteHouse
The changes impact six settlements that the Obama and Biden administrations reached with school districts in Delaware, Pennsylvania and Washington state, and two school districts and a community college in California.
“OCR launches these investigations to address certain states’ alleged disregard of, or confusion about, compliance with the Weldon Amendment,” Director Paula Stannard said