FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — The U.S. Department of Education has launched an enforcement action against Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) after allegations surfaced that a school social worker helped a student obtain an abortion without parental knowledge and attempted to pressure another student to undergo the procedure.

The Department’s Student Privacy Policy Office is investigating whether the school district violated the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment, a federal law that guarantees parents the right to be notified about nonemergency medical procedures and allows them to opt their children out of such services.

The investigation follows reports that during the 2021–22 school year, a Centreville High School social worker allegedly scheduled an abortion appointment for

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