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Citing states’ rights, Utah won’t comply with Title IX rules protecting transgender students
During a special legislative session on Juneteenth, Utah lawmakers declared they will not comply with new Title IX requirements set to take effect in August, passing a pair of resolutions Wednesday evening that they say allow the state to disregard the federal directive. Under the resolutions, state employees are instructed not to follow Title IX requirements that extend protections to transgender students, allowing them to play on sports teams and use the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity — instead, state laws that bar transgender people from those spaces in schools ...
