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Public and advocacy groups press board on transgender student protections and OCR letter
Summary
Public commenters and students urged the Delaware Valley School District board to follow federal nondiscrimination guidance and a recent Education Law Center letter warning that policies excluding gender‑affirming measures risk legal liability and harm to students.
Several members of the public urged the Delaware Valley School District board to follow federal nondiscrimination guidance and to reconsider any policy that singles out transgender or nonbinary students.
Why it matters: speakers said federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR) guidance and federal and state court precedent require schools to protect transgender students from discrimination and that failing to do so exposes the district to legal liability and risks student safety.
What happened and what people said - Multiple public commenters, including Alyssa Terreberry and Michael Donlin, told the board they had contacted the Education Law Center (ELC). Terreberry said the ELC sent a detailed letter of concern to the board (the letter was referenced publicly…
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