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South Washington County board declines to advance Title IX compliance resolution after divided debate
Summary
A proposed resolution urging Minnesota education leaders to reconcile state policy with a federal Office for Civil Rights finding on sex- and gender-based athletic eligibility was presented by Director Ryan Clark and debated. The board did not have a majority to move the item forward for a vote at the November business meeting.
A draft resolution urging Minnesota education leaders to resolve a federal finding of noncompliance with Title IX was presented to the South Washington County Schools Board on Nov. 6 by Director Ryan Clark, but the board decided not to advance the item to the Nov. 20 business meeting for a vote.
Clark framed the resolution as a request that the Minnesota Department of Education, the Minnesota State High School League and the attorney general review state policy after federal Office for Civil Rights correspondence assessing noncompliance. "When recipients of federal funding treat trans identifying males as they were as if they were females, they defeat the very purpose of Title IX," Clark read from federal language included in his materials. He summarized federal and court actions and said the district gets a range of federal aid — including Special Education (IDEA), Title I and school meal funding — and mentioned potential financial exposure if the state and…
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