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Delaware Valley board debates OCR agreement and proposed resolutions on sex, delays vote while seeking federal clarification
Summary
Board members considered two trustee resolutions challenging a prior Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolution and asserting a biological‑sex policy; attorneys advised the board to seek formal OCR clarification and trustees agreed to wait for written guidance and to send follow‑up letters.
Board members spent a prolonged portion of Thursday’s work session debating two proposed resolutions: one calling for the district to cease compliance with a prior Office for Civil Rights (OCR) agreement and a second asserting that the district’s policies should recognize only two biological sexes and restrict access to certain spaces accordingly.
Trustees and several attorneys who attended the meeting cautioned against immediate unilateral action. "You cannot unilaterally just decide to disengage," one board attorney said, summarizing counsel’s view that the district cannot simply revoke an OCR resolution without following the appropriate…
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