Monday Briefing: Navigating the National Debate on Parents' Rights in Education
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Gov. Greg Abbott has instructed the Texas Education Agency to disregard new Biden administration Title IX rules that extend sex discrimination protections to include LGBTQ+ students. The revised rules, effective August, redefine discrimination to cover gender identity, among other updates. Abbott criticizes this as a move that protects male athletes identifying as female over biological females, arguing it misinterprets the original intent of Title IX, which was to protect women from sex-base...
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