Overview

• Fairfax County Public Schools and Arlington Public Schools filed separate lawsuits Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
• The Education Department last week put five Northern Virginia districts on high-risk, reimbursement-only status over their refusal to rescind gender-identity access policies.
• Arlington and Fairfax policies permit students to use restrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity.
• Education Secretary Linda McMahon said funding could be suspended or terminated and argued the policies violate federal law.
• The districts point to the Fourth Circuit’s 2020 Grimm v. Gloucester decision to support their position that their policies comply with Title IX.