Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says her state won't comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation's schools. Sanders on Thursday signed an executive order stating that Arkansas will continue to enforce restrictions on which bathrooms and pronouns transgender students can use.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at a news conference next to former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, May 2, 2024. Sanders spoke before signing an executive order stating that Arkansas won’t comply with new federal regulations intended to protect the rights of transgender students. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Gov.
The regulation finalized last month seeks to clarify Title IX, a landmark 1972 sex discrimination law originally passed to address women’s rights and applied to schools and colleges receiving federal money. The regulations spell out that Title IX bars discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, too. Sanders called those changes a complete reinterpretation of the law.
a judge’s order striking down Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender affirming care for minors. A group of transgender, nonbinary and intersex residentsearlier this week over its decision to no longer allow “X” instead of male or female on state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards.
Sanders’ order calls on the state education department to give schools specific guidance, saying “at no point should Arkansas law be ignored.” In addition to laws on bathrooms and pronouns, the order cites Arkansas’ law restricting what teams transgender athletes can play on.
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