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Public commenter urges Wake County to reconsider school social-transition practices and references Title IX changes
Summary
A public commenter argued on April 22 that social transition practices and medical transition in schools are harmful, referenced Title IX and a district policy number, and urged the board to protect students from what he described as a medical scandal.
On April 22, Joseph Deaton addressed the Wake County Board of Education during public comments to criticize social-transition practices in schools and to call for changes in district policy.
Deaton said, without citing district disciplinary records, that recent alterations to regulations and internal policies mean gender identity has been removed from Title IX regulations but remains in district anti-discrimination and harassment provisions. He told…
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