TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is asking for federal investigations into several public school districts this year.
Kobach issued a press release on June 24 that he is requesting the U.S. Department of Education’s (DE) Office for Civil Rights to investigate four school districts for their allegedly disobeying the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The school districts named by Kobach include the following:
- Shawnee Mission USD 512.
- Kansas City USD 500.
- Olathe USD 223.
- Topeka USD 501.
Kobach said he sent a letter to DE Secretary Linda McMahon stating the above schools allow or require educators to conceal information from parents concerning the “social transitioning” of their children. He goes on to say that three of the above districts also have policies which allow for students to share bathrooms, locker rooms and other spaces based on their selected gender identity.
“That a Kansas school district would so cavalierly act to hide such information from parents is shockingly irresponsible,” Kobach said…