The Trump administration is set to withhold $24 million in grants from three major public school districts due to their transgender bathroom policies. The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights informed New York City Schools, Chicago Public Schools, and Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia that they must change their policies or lose funding for specialty magnet schools. The districts were given until Tuesday (September 23) to comply but did not meet the deadline.

The Education Department, led by acting assistant secretary for civil rights Craig Trainor , stated that the current policies violate Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in education . Trainor emphasized that the districts' practices allow students to access restrooms and locker rooms corre

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