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The administration will not direct public schools to allow students to use facilities that match their gender identities. It notes the primary role of state and local districts in education policy.
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The Obama administration advised school districts that trans students should be given access to bathrooms based on gender identity. A judge in Texas says the guidance can't be enforced for now.
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The move by the Supreme Court halts activity in the case, but doesn't necessarily mean the court will ultimately take up the case involving a high school student in Virginia.
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The Obama administration has argued that gender identity is protected under federal law. The states say the government is overreaching.
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There's a deep divide in the state over a law limiting civil rights protections for LGBTQ people. Amid a national backlash, nearly 49 percent of people in the state say they support parts of the law.
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The Republican said "most people had never heard of this issue" until recently. He also defended HB2, which requires transgender people to use public bathrooms that correspond with their sex at birth.
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The Education and Justice departments have given schools guidance about prom, sports, privacy and more.
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The administration says it authored the notice because "many parents, schools and districts have raised questions about this area of civil rights law."
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says parents should call for the Fort Worth district leader to step down over guidelines intended to support trans students. It's the latest development in a nationwide debate.
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch said the Justice Department "retains the option of curtailing" federal funding for North Carolina as a civil rights case over the state's "bathroom bill" proceeds.