Texas Freedom Caucus asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to weigh in on school board association's guidance for navigating complex issues related to transgender youth.
A hardline conservative group has asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to weigh in on guidance to school districts for navigating issues related to transgender students. Credit: Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribune, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
The association, which serves more than 1,000 school boards across the state, updated longstanding guidance related to transgender students after receiving questions from school officials on navigating the complex legal landscape around issues including, restroom access and Title IX, a federal civil rights law that bans sex-based discrimination, said TASB Deputy Executive Director Tiffany Dunne-Oldfield.
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