Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters told Newsmax on Thursday that he has directed all 542 of the state’s school districts and charter schools not to comply with the Biden administration’s rewrite of Title IX, the 1972 law prohibiting sex discrimination in educational programs that get federal funding.
Last month, the Biden administration rewrote Title IX, broadening the scope of the law to prohibit discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation and gender identity and effectively cementing protection for LGBTQ students under federal law.
“I think it’s so essential that states stand up right now to the federal government and say, frankly, number one, there shouldn’t be a federal Department of Education – it should not exist,” Walters said during an appearance on “National Report.” “Number two, we are not going to comply with illegal rules. The Biden administration, they woke up one morning and decided they don’t know what a boy and a girl is, so they’re going to drastically change and say if schools don’t adopt this, number one, the funding could be taken, but also I want to talk about the lawsuit aspect of it as well. If you don’t use the preferred pronoun of a transgender child now, you will be out of compliance with federal regulation. Think about the absurdity of that.”
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