An investigation by the US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has revealed Title IX violations in the Owasso Public School District in Oklahoma. The investigation was prompted by the tragic suicide of a nonbinary student last February, which raised concerns about the district's handling of sexual harassment complaints.
The investigation found that the district had repeatedly failed to respond appropriately to reports of sexual harassment, with responses that were described as 'deliberately indifferent to students' civil rights.' Title IX, a federal law enacted in 1972, prohibits discrimination based on sex in federally funded education programs.
