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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced that it had concluded its investigation into five Northern Virginia school districts and found each district in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for adopting and enforcing illegal “gender identity” policies that permit males into female bathrooms and locker rooms.
This follows America First Legal’s (AFL) call for a federal investigation into these five school districts, Alexandria City, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, and Prince William County, which it filed with the Department of Education on February 3, 2025. In response, on February 14, 2025, the Department of Education announced that it had opened an investigation. Last week, on July 17, 2025, AFL sent a letter to the Department of Education, explaining the significance of the Supreme Court’s decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor on the ongoing investigation.
With this action, the school districts now have 10 days to voluntarily comply with the law by rescinding policies based on “gender identity” and clarifying that policies related to intimate spaces, such as bathrooms and locker rooms, must be separated based on sex. If the districts fail to do this, they could face further enforcement actions, including, but not limited to, referral to the U.S. Department of Justice and loss of federal funding.
“We are grateful to the Department of Education and the Trump Administration for continuing to put safety first. It is unfortunate that it requires federal action and the threat of the loss of federal funding to get K-12 school districts to accept the biological reality that humans have known for centuries: boys are boys and girls are girls. AFL looks forward to continuing to stand for parents’ rights, student safety, and common sense,” said Ian Prior, Senior Counsel at America First Legal.
Read the Department of Education’s announcement here.
Read more about AFL’s efforts here.
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