The U.S. Department of Education is investigating the Montgomery, Prince George’s and Frederick County school districts and Maryland’s education agency in the Trump administration’s latest challenge of the region’s school policies regarding transgender students.
The federal education agency said its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened the probes under Title IX, a 1972 law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education programs that receive federal funding.
“According to the complaint received by OCR, Maryland’s statewide guidance and district-level policies require schools to allow boys to compete in girls’ athletics and to use girls-only locker rooms, restrooms, and overnight accommodations,” the Education Department said in a release.
