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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Carolyn Thompson

Trump administration to hold back grants from NYC, Chicago, Fairfax schools over bathroom policies

Three of the nation's largest public school districts stand to lose $24 million after missing a Trump administration deadline to agree to change policies supporting transgender students, officials said Wednesday.

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights had given New York City Schools, Chicago Public Schools and Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia until Tuesday to agree to stop giving students access to locker rooms and restrooms corresponding with their gender identity or risk losing funding for specialty magnet schools.

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