NEPC Review: Gender Identity Policies in Schools: What Congress, the Courts, and the Trump Administration Should Do

Autor/in	Kim, Robert
Institution	University of Colorado at Boulder, National Education Policy Center
Titel	NEPC Review: Gender Identity Policies in Schools: What Congress, the Courts, and the Trump Administration Should Do
Quelle	(2017), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Political Issues; Sexual Identity; Government Role; Public Policy; Student Characteristics; Educational Policy; Federal Government; Federal Legislation; Equal Education; Gender Issues; Educational Legislation; Gender Discrimination; Sex Fairness; Court Litigation; Public Schools; Religion; Presidents; Legal Responsibility; Privacy; School Safety + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politischer Faktor; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Öffentliche Ordnung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bundesregierung; Bundesrecht; Geschlechterfrage; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Sexualaufklärung; Rechtsstreit; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; President; Präsident; Strafmündigkeit; Privatsphäre
Abstract	A recent Heritage Foundation report argues that Title IX does not require schools to protect students from discrimination on the basis of gender identity. It criticizes the Obama Administration for issuing guidance and enforcing Title IX to protect transgender students, and it urges the Trump Administration and courts to keep gender identity protections out of federal laws. Oddly, transgender youth are at the center of, and yet somehow go wholly unexamined in, this report on gender identity policy. The report never acknowledges or addresses (a) legal opinions that gender identity discrimination is a form of sex discrimination; (b) the near-consensus within the medical, scientific, and educational communities concerning how transgender students should be treated; and (c) other research or literature shedding light on the appropriate care for and education of transgender youth. Additionally, the report erroneously asserts that transgender-inclusive policies will embolden men to enter women's facilities to assault or abuse them. What is entirely missing from this report--and what policymakers and educators urgently need--is guidance in an area that may be new or unfamiliar to them. Fortunately, many states and districts have adopted positive gender-identity-related laws, policies, and practices that answer questions and serve as useful guidance for other jurisdictions about how to successfully integrate transgender students in schools. This report provides a review of "Gender Identity Policies in Schools: What Congress, the Courts, and the Trump Administration Should Do." (A list of notes and sources is included.) [For the Heritage Foundation report, "Gender Identity Policies in Schools: What Congress, the Courts, and the Trump Administration Should Do. Backgrounder. No. 3201," see ED583005.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Education Policy Center. School of Education 249 UCB University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309. Tel: 303-735-5290; e-mail: nepc@colorado.edu; Web site: http://nepc.colorado.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01