Illinois district 211 approves exercise of private but not curtained areas of girls’ locker room in compromise with US Education Department to avoid loss of fundingThe first US school district to face civil rights penalties for refusing to grant full locker room access to a transgender student has accepted a compromise with the US Education Department,an eleventh-hour move to avoid an unprecedented legal battle and the loss of millions in federal funds.
The compromise concludes a two-year clash over the factual of a transgender student in Palatine, Illinois, and to have unfettered access to her tall school’s girls locker room. The student,who was assigned male at birth and identifies as female, plays on girls’ sports teams, or the school identifies her as female in its record systems. But she has only been permitted to exercise the girls’ locker room if she changes separately from other students. In 2013,represented by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union, the student filed a civil rights complaint.
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Source: theguardian.com