{"id":2587306,"date":"2026-04-05T10:39:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-to-investigate-school-district-accused-of-putting-girls-in-danger-over-gender-identity-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T10:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:40:44","slug":"trump-admin-to-investigate-school-district-accused-of-putting-girls-in-danger-over-gender-identity-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-to-investigate-school-district-accused-of-putting-girls-in-danger-over-gender-identity-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin to Investigate School District Accused of Putting Girls in Danger Over &#8216;Gender Identity&#8217; Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-admin-to-investigate-school-district-accused-of-putting-girls-in-danger-over-gender-identity-policy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2587306&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump administration has opened a Title IX investigation into the Contoocook Valley School District in New Hampshire after a complaint alleging the district\u2019s policies discriminate against biological girls by allowing access to bathrooms and locker rooms based on gender identity rather than biological sex.the complaint, filed by the parental-rights group Defending Education in August 2025, claims the district\u2019s policy prioritizes gender identity while the district\u2019s nondiscrimination policy does not address sex discrimination. The Department of Education announced the investigation in a press release, with Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey stating that young women should be safe and have privacy in intimate spaces and that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal civil rights enforcement<\/a> will be applied. The article also notes prior reporting on similar policies in the district and presents DE\u2019s arguments in the broader debate over gender identity,privacy,and Title IX enforcement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration opened an investigation into a New Hampshire school district on Tuesday following a complaint alleging the district maintains policies that discriminate against biological girls.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/complaints\/defending-ed-files-civil-rights-complaint-against-contoocook-valley-high-school-district-for-title-ix-violations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">complaint<\/a>, filed by parental rights group Defending Education (DE) in August 2025, alleges that the Contoocook Valley School District maintains its policy allowing access to intimate spaces such as bathrooms and locker rooms based on &ldquo;gender identity&rdquo; rather than biological sex.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint further notes that &ldquo;discrimination based on sex is also notably absent&rdquo; from the district&rsquo;s non-discrimination policy.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Education (ED) released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-department-of-education-initiates-title-ix-investigation-new-hampshire-school-district-over-alleged-use-of-girls-only-spaces-biological-men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> Tuesday announcing its investigation into the claims.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Young women should never feel unsafe or uncomfortable in their intimate spaces because their school leaders care more about gender ideology than protecting girls&rsquo; dignity and privacy,&rdquo; Kimberly Richey, assistant secretary for civil rights at ED, said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Placing the burden on girls to move out of their own intimate spaces when there is a male present is not just absurd, it also discriminates against girls. The Trump Administration will always stand up for these students, investigate disturbing complaints such as this fully, and enforce Title IX to ensure that women and girls are safe when they are at school.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>District officials also allegedly told female students that they would have to find another space to use if they are uncomfortable with boys in their spaces, according to DE.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller News Foundation previously <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/10\/23\/new-hampshire-school-districts-parents-gender-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exposed<\/a> Contoocook and other New Hampshire school districts for policies requiring students and faculty to use preferred pronouns for students who inform school officials of transition plans, and in some cases keeping those changes from parents.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Across the country, recalcitrant blue states are playing a waiting game with the Administration on the enforcement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-blue-state-claw-back\/\" title=\"Bi...n\u2019s Blue State Claw Back\">civil rights law<\/a> according to its plain text and longstanding history,&rdquo; Sarah Parshall Perry, vice president and legal fellow at DE, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;ConVal School District is one of those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-affirmative-action-next-for-scotus-heres-how-it-could-happen\/\" title=\"Is Affirmative Action Next For SCOTUS? Here\u2019s How It Could Happen\">federal funding recipients<\/a> now in a standoff with the Department of Education. Openly professing to the adherence to contrary state anti-discrimination law on gender identity to flout federal directives on sex equality in education under Title IX has drawn the interest of the Department and we are gratified that ConVal will now have to answer for its obvious ignorance of the Constitution&rsquo;s Supremacy Clause.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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The complaint claims the district allows access to bathrooms and locker rooms based on gender identity rather than biological sex, and notes that the district\u2019s nondiscrimination policy does not explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sex. The U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office for Civil Rights announced the investigation. A spokesperson, Kimberly Richey, said that young women should feel safe and that protecting their dignity and privacy is essential, not overridden by gender ideology.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint asserts that requiring girls to move to different spaces when a boy is present is not only absurd but discriminatory. It also alleges district officials told female students they would need to find alternative spaces if they were uncomfortable with boys in those spaces. Defending Education has previously criticized Contoocook Valley and other New Hampshire districts for policies related to pronouns and informing parents about students\u2019 transition plans. A representative of DE, Sarah Parshall Perry, argued that some states and federally funded districts are resisting federal civil rights enforcement and urged that the district be held to federal law under Title IX.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes that the Daily Caller News Foundation has previously reported on Contoocook Valley\u2019s policies and related practices, including pronoun usage for students who disclose transition plans and, in some cases, limiting parental awareness of those changes. The piece quotes Perry describing the district as a federal funding recipient in a standoff with the Department of Education, and asserting that adherence to state anti-discrimination laws contrasted with federal requirements under Title IX is a matter for the Department to resolve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2587307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7447.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5152,73929,5894,69735],"class_list":["post-2587306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-education","tag-gender-identity-2","tag-politics","tag-trump-administration-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7447.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587306"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587310,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587306\/revisions\/2587310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}