In May 2016, the Departments of Education and Justice, under the Obama Administration, issued guidance confirming their position that Title IX, the federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, includes protection for transgender students. In February of 2017, the U.S. Department of Education’s directives concerning the rights of transgender students under…
This summer, the Vermont Agency of Education released a memo outlining the implications of the United States Supreme Court decision Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1, 69 IDELR 174 (2017). This post will help parents and families in Vermont understand how administers and special education staff will apply the Court’s unanimous decision…
