Last September, the North East School District scheduled a vote to adopt Title IX changes proposed by the Biden Administration. Those changes would have allowed biological males to use female restrooms and changing facilities. Residents of North East were quick to respond and attended the school board meetings in large numbers voicing their opposition to the proposed rule changes. The district had originally intended to waive the required second and third readings of these policy changes so the vote to adopt could be taken at the first review, however citizen opposition led to a delay so those reviews could take place. In the following meetings, after much debate, the proposal was tabled in a narrow 5 to 4 vote to wait until the US Supreme Court could decide whether the updates were constitutional.
The Department of Education has just announced the withdrawal of the proposed changes, so it turns out the school district’s plan to implement the rule was not necessary after all. The vigilance and concern of North East residents served as a check on the school district and shows how citizen oversight can be an important guide for the school administration and board members.
Title IX Proposed Rule Change Withdrawal
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jeffery L Buchholz says
IT RAISES, AT LEAST IN MY MIND, IF THE DISTRICT HAD CHOSEN NOT TO TABLE THE TITLE, NINE VOTE AND INSTEAD VOTED TO PASS THE PROPOSED LANQUAGE, VIA A NEW SCHOOL BOARD POLICY, WOULD THE DISTRICT STILL HAVE TO ABID BY THE TITLE NINE LANGUAGE DISPITE PRESIDENT’ TRUMP’S ACTION?
JEFFERY L. BUCHHOLZ