Overview

• Loudoun County Public Schools concluded its Title IX investigation, finding two Stone Bridge High School students responsible for sexual harassment and sex-based discrimination and issuing 10-day suspensions, a no-contact order, and a meeting to set a corrective action plan.
• The incident stemmed from a video recorded by a student who identifies as male inside the boys’ locker room; an LCPS official previously said no privacy laws were violated because no one appeared in compromising positions, and the recording student reportedly received a brief in-school suspension.
• Attorneys for the families, including Josh Hetzler and the Founding Freedoms Law Center, say they will challenge the determination, and parents voiced concern about lasting effects on academic records and college applications.
• The Loudoun County School Board voted 6–3 to retain Policy 8040, which permits students to use restrooms and locker rooms that align with their asserted gender identity.
• The U.S. Department of Education placed LCPS and four other Northern Virginia districts on high-risk, reimbursement-only status after finding Title IX violations tied to facility-access policies, and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares referred the case to federal authorities.