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Education Department probes schools for concealing student records from parents
Education Secretary Linda McMahon reveals nan Trump management is actively defending parental authorities amidst troubling reports from schoolhouse districts nationwide. McMahon highlights Department of Justice investigations successful Maryland, Michigan and Vermont, wherever schoolhouse boards are accused of encouraging gender transitions and hiding accusation from parents, immoderate moreover asking sexually definitive questions successful surveys for seventh graders.
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The Department of Education is taking enforcement actions connected National Parents' Day against 2 schoolhouse districts accused of hiding students' gender transitions from parents — a move that could now could costs them national funding.
The action reinforces President Donald Trump's run against extremist left-wing gender ideology and nan push for much parental authorities successful nan classroom.
"As a mother and a grandmother, it is unconscionable that immoderate schoolhouse territory would hide nan astir delicate accusation astir children successful their attraction from their ain parents. This is not only an affront to basal civilized principles, but besides to parents’ authorities nether national law," Secretary of Education (ED) Linda McMahon exclusively told Fox News Digital.
VIRGINIA SCHOOL DISTRICT SUED OVER ALLEGED POLICY OF KEEPING STUDENTS' GENDER TRANSITIONS HIDDEN FROM PARENTS
U.S. President Donald Trump signs nan "No Men successful Women’s Sports" executive bid successful nan East Room astatine nan White House connected Feb. 5, 2025 successful Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
"Today, ED and DOJ are putting districts connected announcement that we will usage each instrumentality disposable to clasp them to relationship for this egregious behavior," McMahon added. "Under nan Trump Administration, ED and DOJ are moving together to vigorously uphold parents’ national protections, and we will activity to guarantee that nary genitor is ever kept successful nan acheronian astir important matters relating to their children."
The Education Department is moving pinch nan Department of Justice to analyse Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) violations against Anne Arundel County Public Schools successful Maryland and Ann Arbor Public Schools successful Michigan. The investigations interest allegations that nan districts hid accusation from parents astir their ain children's wellness and wellbeing, and could consequence successful national backing being withheld from nan schools, Fox News Digital has learned.
FERPA is simply a national rule that gives parents nan correct to spot their child's schoolhouse records, inquire for mistakes to beryllium corrected and mostly power who tin entree that accusation astir their child.
The Trump management is looking into whether nan schools violated FERPA.
LOUDOUN COUNTY PARENTS NOT 'SATISFIED' AFTER SCHOOL OFFICIALS TESTIFY ON TRANSGENDER POLICIES
The Trump management has threatened to propulsion national backing from respective schoolhouse districts crossed nan state complete transgender policies. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
One lawsuit nan management is investigating involves a Maryland family who says they were blindsided aft discovering schoolhouse unit presented their girl arsenic antheral during nan schoolhouse time without their knowledge aliases consent. The parents only learned what was happening aft receiving an email that referred to their girl utilizing antheral pronouns.
According to nan Education Department, schoolhouse administrators refused to supply nan parents pinch further information, pinch nan adjunct main declining to move complete records related to their child's gender transition.
The section is besides looking into a argumentation astatine Ann Arbor Public Schools that allows teachers to thief students hide their "transgender status" from parents.
The schoolhouse territory has a argumentation that directs schoolhouse officials to support records related to a "gender identity" successful a abstracted filing system.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OPENS FOUR TITLE IX INVESTIGATIONS INTO MICHIGAN AND NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Students raising hands while coach asking them questions successful classroom. (iStock)
Ann Arbor Public Schools must warrant their argumentation to nan Education Department by Aug. 11, 2026 aliases other consequence losing its national funding.
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Fox News Digital reached retired to nan schoolhouse districts successful Maryland and Michigan for remark but did not perceive backmost astatine clip of publication.
Ashley J. DiMella reports connected authorities for Fox News Digital.
