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Education Department Finds Title IX Violations in Loudoun Schools as Judge Halts Student Suspension

The OCR finding starts a 10-day clock for Loudoun to accept a plan including rescinded suspensions, apology letters, and staff training requirements.

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Overview

  • Federal OCR concluded Loudoun County Public Schools discriminated against two male students and retaliated during competing Title IX complaints from a locker-room incident.
  • OCR cited a sex-based double standard in the district’s handling of the boys’ complaints versus the transgender student’s complaint.
  • The Department of Education gave LCPS 10 days to enter a resolution agreement requiring rescission of suspensions, apology letters, compliant investigations, and staff training.
  • U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema issued a temporary restraining order allowing one student to return to school, with a hearing on a preliminary injunction set for Friday.
  • LCPS allows students to use facilities based on gender identity; the district is on a federal high-risk list for funding, and Virginia’s attorney general referred the recording incident to the Justice Department.