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https://wtop.com/virginia/2025/06/after-investigation-into-loudoun-co-sch ools-handling-of-locker-room-incident-miyares-refers-case-to-federal-gove rnment/
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares says he has referred his
investigation into Loudoun County Public School’s handling of an
incident in a high school boys locker room to the U.S. departments of
Education and Justice.
In a news release Monday, Miyares said LCPS initiated a “retaliatory
Title IX investigation” against three male students at Stone Bridge High School, “after they expressed sincere religious objections to LCPS
Policy 8040, which allows access to sex-separated facilities based on
‘gender identity.'”
Miyares began his investigation in early May, after WTOP’s partners at
7News reported the school system investigated three high school boys who
said they felt “uncomfortable” with a transgender student, who
identifies as male, changing clothes in a boys’ locker room. The
transgender student was accused of videotaping the boys’ discussion in
the locker room.
According to Loudoun County Public School policy 8655, “Photography,
audio, or video recording is prohibited in bathrooms, locker rooms,
changing areas, or clinics.”
Monday’s news release, which did not include a link to the report
Miyares forwarded to the federal government, said the school division
“appears to be punishing those who hold and express faith-based views.”
Miyares said the investigation shows “a disturbing misuse of authority
by Loudoun County Public Schools, where students appear to have been
been targeted not for misconduct, but for expressing their discomfort
for being forced to share a locker room with a member of the opposite
sex.”
“Title IX was never meant to used as a weapon against free speech or
religious convictions,” Miyares said.
The news release from Miyares said the investigation has been referred
to U.S. Department of Education for Civil Rights and the U.S. Department
of Justice Civil Rights Division, “for further investigation and
appropriate action.”
Contacted by WTOP about Miyares’ referral, LCPS spokesman Dan Adams said
the school system continues to focus on following applicable law and
ensuring all students are safe.
“LCPS is not in a position to provide comment on the Attorney General’s investigation or its purported findings at this time,” Adams said.
He said LCPS learned about the investigation from Miyares news release
and media coverage, and “was not provided an opportunity to meaningfully participate in any such investigation, and, to date, no findings have
been shared with LCPS.”
In an earlier statement on May 6, Adams said the school system “would
not investigate or discipline students based on their personal opinions, thoughts, or beliefs, provided those expressions do not violate policies prohibiting hate speech, discriminatory language, threats, or other
forms of harmful or disruptive conduct.
The school system said it investigates and may take disciplinary action
when student behavior violates LCPS’ student rights and responsibility handbook, and the student code of conduct. However, since the matter
could result in discipline, the school system hasn’t publicly commented
on the specifics of the investigation.
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