Southeast Texas Record reports on aftermath of AIM investigations
February 12, 2025
One Texas school district fighting transgender athletes in girls sports, but others might not be
A Texas school district is urging a federal judge to join a colleague in Kentucky in striking a Biden-era rule that changes the meaning of “sex” in Title IX to include gender identity, while the State’s top lawyer plans to find out if other districts are skirting a law that prevents transgender girls from participating in female sports.
Fort Worth federal judge Reed O’Connor already wrote that rule “undermines over 50 years of progress for women and girls” when he delayed its execution date. Now, Carroll Independent School District says he should go a step further and invalidate it in its entirety.
CISD, in court papers in January, pointed at a decision in Kentucky, where Judge Danny Reeves granted summary judgment motions by Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee and West Virginia, plus intervenor Christian Educators Association International.
“The Tennessee decision does not moot this case,” lawyers for CISD wrote. “The defendants there have 60 days to appeal. And should they appeal, the vacatur itself may be vacated.