Education Department Targets 2 School Districts Over Gender Transition Secrecy, Threatens Federal Funding
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 27
Education Department Targets 2 School Districts Over Gender Transition Secrecy, Threatens Federal Funding
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 27
Summary
Two school districts in Maryland and Michigan face Education Department enforcement actions over allegations they hid students’ gender transitions from parents, exposing them to possible loss of federal funding.
FERPA is the basis for the cases, with the department and Justice Department examining whether schools denied parents access to records and withheld information about their children’s health and wellbeing.
In Anne Arundel County, officials are reviewing a family’s claim that staff presented their daughter as male during the school day and then refused to provide related records after the parents found out through an email.
Ann Arbor Public Schools is also under scrutiny for a policy that allegedly lets teachers conceal a student’s transgender status from parents and keep gender-identity records in a separate filing system; the district must respond by Aug. 11, 2026.
The move fits the Trump administration’s broader push to expand parental rights in schools and challenge transgender-related district policies nationwide.