The facts
On July 28, 2025, the U.S. Education Department threatened to cut federal funding to school districts in Michigan and Maryland over their transgender student policies.
The Department invoked Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which bars sex discrimination in federally funded schools.
President Trump signed an executive order in January 2025 declaring the federal government recognizes only two sexes, male and female.
Federal funding makes up roughly 10 percent of total K-12 school spending nationally, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020's Bostock v. Clayton County, the Supreme Court ruled that discrimination based on gender identity is a form of sex discrimination under federal employment law.
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