Education Department opens parental rights case against Ann Arbor schools over transgender policy

By: Katherine Dailey

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: July 27, 2026

Words: 820

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it is taking action against Ann Arbor Public Schools for what it believes to be likely violations of FERPA, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, in the district’s policies regarding transgender students.

In a press release from the department, it announced that the Education Department’s Student Privacy Policy Office, or SPPO, determined that the district’s policy “requiring school employees to hide a child’s ‘transgender status’ …

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