Transgender Protections From Biden Targeted in School Board Suit

Jan. 18, 2025, 12:32 AM UTC

A Louisiana school board is suing the Biden administration over gender-identity policy maneuvers, declaring them unconstitutional and urging a federal court to strike them down.

The Rapides Parish School Board in Alexandria, La., says the Biden administration is threatening to withhold funds for Head Start preschool programs unless schools take up what they’re calling “a controversial gender ideology.”

The claims come in a lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, in which the board argues the US Departments of Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Justice, and others lack legal authority to lean on antidiscrimination ...

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