Education Dept. to investigate installation of all-gender restroom at Colorado high school
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened an investigation into Denver Public Schools for "discriminating against its female students" after the district converted a women's restroom into an all-gender facility, the office announced Tuesday.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened an investigation into Denver Public Schools for "discriminating against its female students" after the district converted a women's restroom into an all-gender facility, the office announced Tuesday.
The installation of the bathroom at East High School, with a student body of more than 2,000, now has an "exclusive restroom for male students and no restroom for female students on its second floor," according to the office.
“The alarming report that the Denver Public Schools District denied female students a restroom comparable with their male counterparts appears to directly violate the civil rights of the District’s female students,” Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said in a statement. “Let me be clear: it is a new day in America, and under President Trump, OCR will not tolerate discrimination of any kind.”
The gender-neutral bathroom at East High School in Denver, Colorado.KUSA In a letter addressed to the district's superintendent, Trainor said the investigation will examine if Denver Public Schools discriminated against students on the basis of sex by installing the all-gender restroom as a potential failure to comply with Title IX, which the district is subject to as a recipient of federal financial assistance from the Department of Education.
The letter also cites local NBC affiliate KUSA's reporting that the district has installed two other multistall all-gender restrooms in the district at the Denver School of the Arts and CEC Early College.
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