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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Wilson, Morgan (GOV) <<a href="mailto:Morgan.Wilson@gov.wa.gov">Morgan.Wilson@gov.wa.gov</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 4, 2020 7:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Aultman, John (GOV) <<a href="mailto:john.aultman@gov.wa.gov">john.aultman@gov.wa.gov</a>>; Kenna-Schenk, Becca <<a href="mailto:becca.kenna-schenk@wwu.edu">becca.kenna-schenk@wwu.edu</a>>; Bennett, Don (WSAC) <<a href="mailto:DonB@wsac.wa.gov">DonB@wsac.wa.gov</a>>;
Boggs, Breann (OFM) <<a href="mailto:breann.boggs@ofm.wa.gov">breann.boggs@ofm.wa.gov</a>>; Davis, RaShelle (GOV) <<a href="mailto:rashelle.davis@gov.wa.gov">rashelle.davis@gov.wa.gov</a>>; Glynda Becker (WSU) <<a href="mailto:glynda.becker@wsu.edu">glynda.becker@wsu.edu</a>>;
Arlen Harris <<a href="mailto:aharris@sbctc.edu">aharris@sbctc.edu</a>>; Hollimon, Cynthia (OFM) <<a href="mailto:cynthia.hollimon@ofm.wa.gov">cynthia.hollimon@ofm.wa.gov</a>>; Jon Kerr <<a href="mailto:jkerr@sbctc.edu">jkerr@sbctc.edu</a>>; Brown, Kristina
<<a href="mailto:kristina.brown@ltgov.wa.gov">kristina.brown@ltgov.wa.gov</a>>; Meotti, Michael (WSAC) <<a href="mailto:MichaelM@wsac.wa.gov">MichaelM@wsac.wa.gov</a>>; Miller, Michaela <<a href="mailto:michaela.miller@k12.wa.us">michaela.miller@k12.wa.us</a>>;
Papadakis, Eleni (WTB) <<a href="mailto:eleni.papadakis@wtb.wa.gov">eleni.papadakis@wtb.wa.gov</a>>; Francis, Paul <<a href="mailto:pfrancis@councilofpresidents.org">pfrancis@councilofpresidents.org</a>>; Sarah Castro (UW) <<a href="mailto:smcastro@uw.edu">smcastro@uw.edu</a>>;
Sharpe, Rachelle (WSAC) <<a href="mailto:RachelleS@wsac.wa.gov">RachelleS@wsac.wa.gov</a>>; Standish-Kuon, Terri <<a href="mailto:terri@icwashington.org">terri@icwashington.org</a>>; Thompson, Becky (WSAC) <<a href="mailto:BeckyT@wsac.wa.gov">BeckyT@wsac.wa.gov</a>>;
Thompson, Maddy (GOV) <<a href="mailto:maddy.thompson@gov.wa.gov">maddy.thompson@gov.wa.gov</a>>; William Durden <<a href="mailto:wdurden@sbctc.edu">wdurden@sbctc.edu</a>>; Jan Yoshiwara <<a href="mailto:jyoshiwara@sbctc.edu">jyoshiwara@sbctc.edu</a>>; Came,
Deb (OSPI) <<a href="mailto:deb.came@k12.wa.us">deb.came@k12.wa.us</a>>; Reykdal, Chris <<a href="mailto:chris.reykdal@k12.wa.us">chris.reykdal@k12.wa.us</a>>;
<a href="mailto:Cindy.Rockholt@k12.wa.us">Cindy.Rockholt@k12.wa.us</a> <<a href="mailto:Cindy.Rockholt@k12.wa.us">Cindy.Rockholt@k12.wa.us</a>>; Mastin, Dave <<a href="mailto:Dave.Mastin@k12.wa.us">Dave.Mastin@k12.wa.us</a>>; Dierk Meierbachtol <<a href="mailto:Dierk.Meierbachtol@k12.wa.us">Dierk.Meierbachtol@k12.wa.us</a>>;
Pauley, Gayle (OSPI) <<a href="mailto:gayle.pauley@k12.wa.us">gayle.pauley@k12.wa.us</a>>;
<a href="mailto:Glenna.Gallo@k12.wa.us">Glenna.Gallo@k12.wa.us</a> <<a href="mailto:Glenna.Gallo@k12.wa.us">Glenna.Gallo@k12.wa.us</a>>; Plaja, Jenny <<a href="mailto:jenny.plaja@k12.wa.us">jenny.plaja@k12.wa.us</a>>;
<a href="mailto:Katherine.Mahoney@k12.wa.us">Katherine.Mahoney@k12.wa.us</a> <<a href="mailto:Katherine.Mahoney@k12.wa.us">Katherine.Mahoney@k12.wa.us</a>>; Katy Payne <<a href="mailto:Katy.Payne@k12.wa.us">Katy.Payne@k12.wa.us</a>>; Kelly, T.J. <<a href="mailto:thomas.kelly@k12.wa.us">thomas.kelly@k12.wa.us</a>>;
Miller, Michaela <<a href="mailto:michaela.miller@k12.wa.us">michaela.miller@k12.wa.us</a>>; Mueller, Martin (K12) <<a href="mailto:martin.mueller@k12.wa.us">martin.mueller@k12.wa.us</a>>; Lugalia, Stella <<a href="mailto:stella.lugalia@k12.wa.us">stella.lugalia@k12.wa.us</a>>;
Taylor, Kathe <<a href="mailto:Kathe.Taylor@k12.wa.us">Kathe.Taylor@k12.wa.us</a>>;
<a href="mailto:Tennille.Jeffries-Simmons@k12.wa.us">Tennille.Jeffries-Simmons@k12.wa.us</a> <<a href="mailto:Tennille.Jeffries-Simmons@k12.wa.us">Tennille.Jeffries-Simmons@k12.wa.us</a>>; Terre, Val (OFM) <<a href="mailto:val.terre@ofm.wa.gov">val.terre@ofm.wa.gov</a>>;
Thomas, Jamila (OSPI) <<a href="mailto:jamila.thomas@k12.wa.us">jamila.thomas@k12.wa.us</a>>; Tyler Muench <<a href="mailto:Tyler.Muench@k12.wa.us">Tyler.Muench@k12.wa.us</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Katims, Casey (GOV) <<a href="mailto:casey.katims@gov.wa.gov">casey.katims@gov.wa.gov</a>>; Potter, Geoff (GOV) <<a href="mailto:Geoff.Potter@gov.wa.gov">Geoff.Potter@gov.wa.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FYI: Title IX untouched by Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ rights, Education Department says</span>
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<p><strong><u>Title IX untouched by Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ rights, Education Department says</u></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>By Bianca Quilantan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>09/03/2020 07:58 PM EDT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Education Department said this summer's Supreme Court ruling on protections for LGBTQ workers will not color its Title IX rules on discriminating based on sex.
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<p>The high court ruled in Bostock v. Clayton County in June that a key federal law prohibiting discrimination in the workplace protects gay, lesbian or transgender employees from being disciplined or fired based on their sexual orientation. But the Education
Department said this week in two revised letters that it does not enforce that law because Congress "specifically" designed it "to apply only to workplaces."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The department's Office of Civil Rights further contended that the Supreme Court ruling would back up the Trump administration's interpretation of Title IX.
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<p>"Even if Bostock applied to Title IX — a question the Supreme Court expressly declined to address — its reasoning would only confirm that Title IX does not permit a biologically male student to compete against females on a sex-segregated team or in a sex-segregated
league," wrote Kimberly Richey, acting assistant secretary for civil rights at the Education Department.
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<p>Following the June ruling, the Education Department said it would review the decision on LGBTQ workplace rights. It was widely believed the ruling could affect the Trump administration's stances on rules for transgender students.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In 2017, the Education Department <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-administration-scraps-obama-transgender-rights-directive-235285?source=email" target="_blank">
scrapped an Obama-era directive</a> aimed at protecting transgender students’ rights under Title IX, the law banning sex discrimination in federally funded education programs, “on the basis of sex."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>According to the department's Office of Civil Rights, the agency "possesses jurisdiction" over Title IX complaints from LGBTQ students if they are discriminated against on the basis of their biological sex because of their sexual orientation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>"Title IX does not mention discrimination on the basis of a student's sexual orientation," Richey wrote.
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<p>But the Supreme Court's opinion "guides" the department's Office of Civil Rights' "understanding that discriminating against a person based on their homosexuality or identification as transgender generally involves discrimination on the basis of their biological
sex," she said. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The department also reiterated in a letter this week that education officials in Connecticut violated Title IX by allowing transgender students to participate on women's sports teams.
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<p>In May, the department had threatened Connecticut's high school sports authority and a half dozen local school boards with legal action or a loss of funding, after concluding their adherence to a state transgender athlete policy violated federal sexual discrimination
laws.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Title IX requires schools to have separate-sex athletics based on biological differences, the Education Department wrote in explaining why it will continue with its enforcement action against the Connecticut school districts to prevent transgender students
from participating on sports teams that match their gender identity.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>"The Court’s opinion in Bostock also does not affect the Department’s position that its regulations authorize single-sex teams based only on biological sex at birth — male or female — as opposed to a person’s gender identity," Richey wrote.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The letters follow two victories for transgender students. Last week, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/26/court-yes-transgender-rights-gavin-grimm-bathroom-402532?source=email" target="_blank">
an appeals court ruled in favor of Gavin Grimm</a>, a transgender man who sued his Virginia high school for barring him from using the boys restroom.
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<p>The court ruled that it is unconstitutional and a violation of Title IX for schools to prohibit students from using the bathroom that matches their gender identity.
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<p>Last month, an Idaho judge <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/17/trump-backed-transgender-athlete-ban-paused-in-idaho-397495?source=email" target="_blank">
temporarily blocked a state law that bars transgender women</a> from participating in school sports and requires testing if an athlete’s sex is in question. The judge wrote that those suing Idaho over the law "are likely to succeed in establishing the Act is
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