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Board pauses after split over nondiscrimination wording; counsel to advise on Title IX risk
Summary
Trustees debated wording added to the district’s nondiscrimination policy March 25 that explicitly names transgender and gender‑expansive students; legal counsel was asked to advise before further action.
Trustees at the March 25 meeting engaged in a heated discussion about recently adopted language in the district’s Equal Opportunity and Non‑Discrimination policy that explicitly named transgender and gender‑expansive students.
Several trustees and community members told the board they fear the extra sentence — inserted after the policy’s paragraph covering protected classes — could create a conflict with a recent federal executive action and place federal funding at risk. Other trustees said the explicit language…
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