Students and Parents for Privacy v. Township High School District No. 211
Description: Township High School District 211 in Palatine, Illinois, disregarded student privacy and safety when it secretly opened its schools’ restrooms to the opposite sex and then opened the girls’ locker room to a boy after the U.S. Department of Education under the Obama administration threatened the district’s federal funding. The agency based its threat on its inaccurate interpretation of Title IX, a 1972 federal law whose accompanying regulations, contrary to the agency’s opinion, actually authorize schools to retain single-sex restrooms and locker rooms. Read more >>
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Minute entry dismissing case: Students and Parents for Privacy v. Township High School District No. 211
Notice of dismissal: Students and Parents for Privacy v. Township High School District No. 211
Opinion and order on motion to dismiss: Students and Parents for Privacy v. Township High School District No. 211
District court denial of preliminary injunction: Students and Parents for Privacy v. United States Department of Education
Notice of voluntary dismissal of federal defendants: Students and Parents for Privacy v. United States Department of Education
Magistrate judge's recommendation: Students and Parents for Privacy v. United States Department of Education
Memorandum in support of plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction: Students and Parents for Privacy v. United States Department of Education
Complaint: Students and Parents for Privacy v. United States Department of Education
Letter to Township High School District 211: (2015-10-19)