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Valley View meeting erupts over transgender student policies after Title IX complaint
Summary
Dozens of students, parents, alumni and advocacy groups spoke for and against Valley View CUSD 365U policies on transgender students at the April 14 board meeting after Awake Illinois filed a federal Title IX complaint alleging the district violated rules on sex-designated facilities.
Dozens of students, parents, alumni and advocacy groups filled the April 14 Valley View CUSD 365U school board meeting in Bolingbrook to press the board on district policies for transgender and gender-diverse students, and to respond to a federal Title IX complaint filed April 6 by Awake Illinois.
Supporters of the district’s affirming policies — including current students, former students, parents and local advocacy groups — urged the board to stand by existing practices. Opponents, represented at the meeting by Awake Illinois and several parents, said the district’s policies conflict with federal protections for sex-separated facilities and warned of possible enforcement actions that could threaten federal funding.
The dispute centered on restroom and locker-room access, staff practices for names and pronouns, and legal jurisdiction. Shannon Adcock, founder and president of Awake Illinois, told the board her group had filed a federal Title IX complaint and warned of financial consequences if the district did not change course:…
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