Prince William School Board chair Dr. Babur Lateef told InsideNOVA he feels “reassured” after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from nearby school districts over transgender bathroom policies.

Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. on Sept. 5 dismissed the lawsuit filed by Fairfax and Arlington County public schools against the U.S. Department of Education, but the judge stated Fairfax and Arlington counties’ policies comply with current legal precedent on the issue of transgender students in school facilities and are not in violation of Title IX. Prince William’s rules are similar to those of Arlington and Fairfax.

The suit came after the education department placed five Northern Virginia districts – Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the city of Alexandria – on “high ris

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