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Yuma Union board adopts Title IX resolution, asks Arizona congressional delegation for uniform law
Summary
The governing board adopted a three-page resolution urging members of Arizona’s congressional delegation to codify uniform Title IX law and to permit schools to require restroom and locker-room use consistent with biological sex; the motion passed unanimously.
The Yuma Union High School District governing board unanimously adopted a resolution asking Arizona's congressional delegation to enact a uniform Title IX law that, as the board requested, would permit public schools to require students to use restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their biological sex.
Board members read a multi-page resolution that recited Title IX's history and recent federal actions, including the U.S. Department of Education's 2024 rulemaking and subsequent legal challenges, and said the board interprets recent federal direction and state statutes to allow schools to set restroom and locker-room access by biological sex. The resolution directs district staff to send a formal letter to Arizona members of Congress requesting congressional action.
Shelley (board member) moved adoption of the resolution; Christie (board member) seconded. After brief comments and acknowledgment of counsel assistance in drafting the text, President Kravitz called the vote; the clerk announced the motion carried unanimously.
Speakers during the agenda item outlined the resolution's underlying references: the resolution text cited federal rulemaking, an earlier federal court decision vacating 2024 regulations, and presidential executive orders referenced in the board text. The resolution also references the district's Board Policy JICUC and Arizona Revised Statute 15-110A on religious viewpoint protections; it calls for clarity and uniformity in Title IX enforcement and for the district to "respect and follow all Title IX laws codified by federal law." The board's action instructs the district to send the resolution and a letter to Arizona members of Congress.
The vote was taken in open session and recorded by the clerk as unanimous. The district said the resolution and letter will be included in district records and that staff will coordinate mailing the letter to the congressional delegation.
