The Department of Education is taking enforcement actions on National Parents' Day against two school districts accused of hiding students' gender transitions from parents — a move that could now could cost them federal funding.The action reinforces President Donald Trump's campaign against radical left-wing gender ideology and the push for more parental rights in the classroom."As a mother and a grandmother, it is unconscionable that any school district would hide the most sensitive information about children in their care from their own parents.This is not only an affront to basic moral principles, but also to parents’ rights under federal law," Secretary of Education (ED) Linda McMahon exclusively told Fox News Digital.VIRGINIA SCHOOL DISTRICT SUED OVER ALLEGED POLICY OF KEEPING STUDENTS' GENDER TRANSITIONS HIDDEN FROM PARENTSU.S.
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(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)"Today, ED and DOJ are putting districts on notice that we will use every tool available to hold them to account for this egregious behavior," McMahon added."Under the Trump Administration, ED and DOJ are working together to vigorously uphold parents’ federal protections, and we will work to ensure that no parent is ever kept in the dark about important matters relating to their children."The Education Department is working with the Department of Justice to investigate Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) violations against Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland and Ann Arbor Public Schools in Michigan.
The investigations concern allegations that the districts hid information from parents about their own children's health and wellbeing, and could result in federal funding being withheld from the schools, Fox News Digital has learned.FERPA is a federal law that gives parents the right to see their child's school records, ask for mistak...