Five northern Virginia school districts are at risk of losing their federal funding after they rejected the terms of an agreement with the Education Department to resolve probes into their transgender students policies.
Districts representing Alexandria City, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Loudoun County and Prince William County have been placed on high-risk status, the agency said. The Education Department will now only reimburse these school districts, forcing the schools to pay their education expenses up front.
More than $50 million of formula funding, discretionary grants and impact aid grants will be affected by the high-risk and reimbursement payment status. The agency says the effort is being conducted under an authority Education Secretary Linda McMahon has through the grant process. Department officials are also looking to suspend or terminate federal funding to these school districts for their civil rights violations.
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