Wednesday, February 22, 2017

TRANSGENDER STUDENTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY: YOUR RIGHTS IN MCPS HAVE NOT CHANGED.


TRANSGENDER STUDENTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY: YOUR RIGHTS IN MCPS HAVE NOT CHANGED.
The shoe has now dropped. The Trump Administration has rescinded the May 2016 Department of Justice/Department of Education Guidance Letter, providing protection for transgender students. For the actual Trump Administration document, click here.
This is terrible for students across the country. But, for transgender students and their families here in Montgomery County, Maryland, it is vital to know that this action by the Trump Administration CHANGES NOTHING in Montgomery County. Beginning in 2015, the policy of the Montgomery County Public Schools (and the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)) has been essentially identical to what the Obama Administration issued in May 2016. Click here for the MCPS policy, click here for the MSDE policy, and click here for the now-withdrawn federal guidelines.
President Trump's Press Secretary Sean Spicer said yesterday that “Mr. Trump believes that ‘this is a states’ rights issue and not one for the federal government.” Click here Mr. Spicer thus provided an unambiguous statement that local school boards are free to do what MCPS and the State of Maryland have done.
So, MCPS students, you are protected tomorrow, just as you were protected today.
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4 comments:

  1. David S. FishbackFebruary 25, 2017 at 12:31 AM

    After this blog was posted, MCPS reaffirmed its commitment to its Guidelines. See http://patch.com/maryland/northpotomac/s/g1jzq/transgender-bathroom-access-wont-change-in-montgomery-county-schools?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=schools&utm_campaign=alert

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  2. David S. FishbackFebruary 25, 2017 at 12:32 AM

    Here is the MCPS Statement: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=5026&type=&startYear=&pageNumber=&mode

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  3. David S. FishbackMarch 9, 2017 at 10:07 AM


    http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?page=showrelease&id=5026


    And here is the MCPS amicus brief in the Gavin Grimm case:
    https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/gloucester-county-school-board-v-gg-montgomery-county-public-schools

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  4. David S. FishbackMarch 9, 2017 at 10:08 AM

    And here is the MCPS amicus brief in the Gavin Grimm case:
    https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/gloucester-county-school-board-v-gg-montgomery-county-public-schools

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