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Trustee Cisneros asks board to place Title IX ‘fairness in girls’ sports’ resolution on August agenda
Summary
Trustee Laurie Cisneros asked the Kern County Board of Education to place a resolution on the August agenda supporting a biological-sex interpretation of Title IX protections for girls’ sports; trustees and public commenters discussed federal OCR actions, state responses and possible legal consequences.
Trustee Laurie Cisneros asked the Kern County Board of Education to add a resolution titled Title IX and Fairness in Girls’ Interscholastic Sports to the board’s August agenda as a possible action item.
“Title IX of the Federal Education Amendments of 1972 was enacted to prohibit . . . on the basis of [sex],” Cisneros said, summarizing the statute’s original language and telling the board that the Trump administration’s recent interpretation focuses “on biological [sex]” to exclude transgender girls from female athletics and some intimate facilities. Cisneros cited a recent Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolution…
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