Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights found the policies of five Northern Virginia school divisions regarding sports and locker rooms violated the Title IX requirements in the Education Amendments of 1972.
Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Arlington County, Prince William County and the city of Alexandria were all determined to not be abiding by Title IX provisions, the governor’s office said.
“The school division policies allow students of the opposite sex access to intimate sex-separated facilities and allow students of the opposite sex to participate in sex-separated sports,” said a release from Youngkin’s office.
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