After investigation into Loudoun Co. schools' handling of locker room incident, [VA AG] Miyares refers case to [feds]
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After investigation into Loudoun Co. schools’ handling of locker room incident, Miyares refers case to federal government
Neal Augenstein | naugenstein@wtop.com
June 3, 2025, 9:50 AM
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 also 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.”
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After Investigation, Miyares Finds Federal Case in Loudoun Locker Room
https://www.loudounnow.com/news/after-investigation-miyares-finds-federal-case-in-loudoun-locker-room/article_4925dbc1-1fdb-469a-a54b-0bbdadb594b5.html
17 hrs ago
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced his office has referred allegations that Loudoun County Public Schools administrators initiated “retaliatory Title IX investigation” against three students to federal authorities.
The case involves three male students at Stone Bridge High School who claimed they were targeted for investigation after they were recorded in a school locker room making comments about a transgender student. After parents raised concerns that the boys would be subject to a school division investigation, Miyares’ office announced it would review the case.
At the center of the dispute is the school division’s Policy 8040, which allows access to sex-separated facilities based on gender identity.
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