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Stillwater district warns federal Title IX guidance could put roughly $5.8 million in funding at risk
Summary
Superintendent Michael Funk told the school board that a recent U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights finding and subsequent federal action have created a conflict with Minnesota law; the district is following state law while the state attorney general reviews the federal finding.
Superintendent Michael Funk told the Stillwater Area Public Schools Board that a recent finding by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) alleging the Minnesota Department of Education and the State High School League violated Title IX has created a conflict between federal enforcement and Minnesota state law.
Funk said the federal finding and related federal notice put districts across Minnesota in a difficult position because districts are subject to both federal obligations under Title IX and state obligations under the Minnesota Human Rights Act. “We have to follow state law at this point because there’s no federal law that…
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