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Highline pauses revised Title IX-based harassment policy; district reaffirms state protections and trains staff on immigration enforcement procedures
Summary
Officials removed proposed revisions to harassment policy 03/2005 after a federal court vacated new Title IX guidance. The district said existing state protections for LGBTQIA+ students remain in effect and described staff training and policy 4300 that limits immigration enforcement in schools.
Highline School District on Jan. 22 removed proposed revisions to its student harassment policy that had been drafted to follow recently issued Title IX guidance, after a federal court ruling vacated that guidance nationwide.
Holly Ferguson, the district’s chief policy and strategy officer, told the board the revised version of policy 03/2005 had been based on a model policy from the Washington Association of School Districts (WASDA) incorporating the new Title IX guidelines. She said a federal circuit court judge in Kentucky vacated those guidelines less than 24 hours after the board’s prior…
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