Education Department Reverses Anti-Transgender Athlete Policy

The Biden administration withdrew a statement of interest filed by former Education Department Secretary Betsy DeVos in support of a federal suit seeking to bar Connecticut school districts from allowing transgender students to participate in girls’ sports, saying the government “has reconsidered the matter.”

The administration also notified the school districts it is withdrawing notices of an impending enforcement action issued in 2020 that assert the districts are violating Title IX by allowing transgender athletes’ participation. Biden’s Education Department is also withdrawing the Trump administration’s supporting findings and determinations, it said in the filing Tuesday in the U.S. District Court ...