Jefferson Public Schools is pushing back after the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights claimed they’ve reached an impasse in communication, alleging the Colorado school district allowed male students to compete on female sports teams.
This is the most recent development in a DOE investigation into the district, claiming the schools allowed male students to participate on female sports teams, use female bathrooms, and share overnight accommodations with female students based on their gender identity. The Civil Rights Office launched the investigation into the district last year, but school officials deny they have violated Title IX.
In an “impasse letter” in June, the DOE claimed it found male students on the school’s rosters for its female sports teams…