August 26, 2016      5:26 PM
Paxton guidance unlikely to alter school district accommodations for transgender students
The fact the federal guidance is not enforceable does not undermine the rationale of the accommodations public schools have – and will continue to provide – to students
The Texas
Association of School Boards’ top lawyer agrees Attorney General Ken Paxton’s guidance on transgender bathroom
policies is correct, but its existence probably won’t make a great deal of
difference to Texas schools.
Texas
has led a coalition of states that have blocked enforcement of guidance from
the U.S.
Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice, issued
in May, that required schools to allow students to use facilities corresponding
to the gender with which they identify. In turn, Paxton issued his own
guidance yesterday, informing institutions in Texas they cannot be forced
to implement changes to anti-discrimination policies while the injunction
stands.
By Kimberly Reeves
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