Overview

• The Student Privacy Policy Office is pursuing the case under the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment, which requires parental notice for certain invasive examinations and allows opt-outs.
• Fairfax County Public Schools must investigate the allegations and submit notices, policies, staff guidance, incident records, and any connection to federal funds by Oct. 17.
• Reports cited by the department describe a Centreville High social worker arranging and paying for a student’s abortion in 2021–22 and pressuring a second student to have one.
• Virginia State Police are conducting a criminal investigation at Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s direction, and FCPS says it is cooperating.
• Education Department acting general counsel Candice Jackson condemned the reported conduct as morally unconscionable, and there are no public findings or charges to date.