The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights launched investigations into Chicago Public Schools, the Illinois State Board of Education and Deerfield Public Schools on March 20 for alleged sex discrimination.
Here’s what we know.
Why is the DOE launching these investigations?
The investigations are based on complaints filed with the Office for Civil Rights, according to an Education Department press release. These include complaints filed by the Defense of Freedom Institute and Liberty Justice Center.
The press release says the public schools and state board of education violated Title IX “by requiring girls in the school to share their locker room with a boy.”…