TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 18, 2024

A panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a bid by President Joe Biden's administration to revive its directive that schools allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms and join sports teams that align with their gender, Reuters reports. Friday’s 2-1 ruling found that the U.S. Department of Education did not follow proper procedure when it imposed new legal duties on public schools. It also rejected the administration’s arguments that the states lacked standing to sue, saying the guidance exposes states to lawsuits and loss of federal funding, which is sufficient to provide standing. The panel did not address the underlying question of whether a federal law banning sex discrimination in education extends to LGBTQ students.