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Trump administration ends some civil rights settlements backing trans students

outside of building marked 'department of education'
The US Department of Education building in Washington DC on 21 October 2025. Photograph: Kylie Cooper/Reuters

The US education department said on Monday it had terminated agreements that previous administrations reached with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding rights and protections for transgender students.

The decision means the department will no longer play a role in enforcing those agreements, which called for schools to take steps to comply with federal civil rights law. The districts affected are Cape Henlopen school district in Delaware, Fife school district in Washington; Delaware Valley school district in Pennsylvania; and La Mesa-Spring Valley school district, Sacramento City Unified and Taft College in California.

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