Trump DOJ probes Michigan schools over gender curriculum, joins lawsuit against LA race-based program

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The Trump Justice Department on Wednesday launched investigations into three Michigan public school districts over gender-related classroom instruction and sought to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging a race-based admission and funding program in Los Angeles — intensifying the administration’s push into school policy disputes nationwide. The Civil Rights Division said it is examining whether the Detroit Public Schools Community District, Godfrey-Lee Public Schools and the Lansing School District included "sexual orientation and gender ideology (SOGI) content in any class for grades pre-K-12." If such instruction is provided, investigators will assess whether parents were notified of their right to opt their children out and whether the districts "limit access to single-sex intimate spaces, such as bathrooms and locker rooms, based on biological sex ." Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said the department is focused on enforcing parental rights and Title IX. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THREATENS TO PULL FEDERAL FUNDS FROM VIRGINIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENDER POLICY DISPUTE "This Department of Justice is fiercely committed to ending the growing trend of local school authorities embedding sexuality and gender ideology in every aspect of public education," Dhillon said. She added that "Supreme Court precedent is clear: parents have the right to direct the religious upbringing of their children," including exempting them from instruction that conflicts with their beliefs. Dhillon also said Title IX requires protecting "the safety, dignity, and innocence of our youngest citizens… by ensuring that they have unfettered access to bathrooms and locker rooms of their biological sex." GOP SENATOR PROBES 18 BLUE STATES, DC OVER TRUMP'S TRANSGENDER ATHLETE ORDER The department noted the Michigan districts receive "hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer funding" and said investigators will evaluate compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and th…