Colorado School District’s Trans Policies Violate Federal Law
The Department of Education announced Friday that a Colorado school district is violating federal law with its sweeping “gender identity” policies that disenfranchise female students.
The Department of Education said its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) concluded its investigation into Jefferson County Public Schools and found that they violated Title IX by allowing male students to access women’s restrooms, locker rooms and housing units and to play on women’s sports teams.
Specifically, OCR found that the district has policies allowing students to access facilities and participate on sports teams that match their self-proclaimed “gender identity” rather than their biological reality. OCR said it received rosters of district athletes showing that male students can fill up to 61 positions on the district’s girls’ sports teams.
“Today’s findings reveal egregious Title IX violations by Jefferson County Public Schools, denying fairness and equality to female students by allowing male access to their private facilities, overnight accommodations and athletics. The district’s decision to prioritize ‘gender identity’ over ensuring equal access for its female students is unconscionable,” Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said. in a press release.
OCR opened an investigation into the school district in June 2025 over allegations that the district removed single-sex overnight accommodations from school trips.
OCR sent a proposed resolution agreement to the district allowing it to voluntarily resolve alleged Title IX violations within ten days or “risk imminent enforcement action.”
The agreement would require the district to revise its “gender identity” policies to protect female students, issue a public statement pledging to comply with biological definitions of “male” and “female” and require intimate facilities, sports teams and overnight stays to be based on biological sex, among other remedies.
“The District must act now to end these violations and protect future generations of girls from gender discrimination. The Trump administration will not relent until the safety, opportunity and equal protection of female athletes under the law are fully restored,” Richey added.
Breitbart News reached out to Jefferson County Public Schools for comment but did not receive a response at the time of publication.
THE Ministry of Education noted that Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in educational programs and activities as a condition of receiving federal funding.
Katherine Hamilton is a politics reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her on @thekat_hamilton.
