The new rule, which was set to take effect Aug. 1 nationwide, requires any school receiving federal funding to accommodate students’ and teachers’ gender identity.
This means biological boys and men who identify as female will be allowed to use girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms. Students and teachers will also be required to use others’ “preferred pronouns.”
“We’ve argued that the Biden administration does not have the authority to make this change, and with this temporary injunction, we now have time to make our case in court without our children being put in danger,” Wilson said.
Every student in the Richmond County School System will receive breakfast and lunch at no charge when the 2024-2025 school year starts next week.
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A ruling by a federal court in Kansas in a separate but similar lawsuit against Title IX had already blocked the rule from taking effect in some South Carolina schools, colleges and universities as well as Evans and Greenbrier high schools in Columbia County, Ga.
The ruling in Kansas will temporarily block the Biden administration’s new Title IX Rule from being implemented at some South Carolina schools, colleges and universities.
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