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US school transgender record probes

Entities: Ann Arbor Public Schools · Anne Arundel County Public Schools · U.S. Department of Education · Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act · Linda McMahon

Overview

On July 27 2026, U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced that the Department of Education would enforce FERPA against school districts accused of concealing students’ gender‑transition records, warning that non‑compliant districts could lose federal funding. The announcement singled out investigations in Maryland, Michigan and Vermont, focusing on Anne Arundel County Public Schools and Ann Arbor Public Schools.

Later the same day, the Education Department’s Student Privacy Policy Office formally opened the investigations, giving each district a deadline of August 10 to justify its confidentiality policies. Officials reiterated that the districts’ practices might conflict with FERPA’s requirement that parents have access to their children's education records and warned that continued non‑compliance could trigger enforcement actions, including loss of federal funds.

Timeline

  1. 1 day ago

    [POLITICS] 4 sources
    U.S. Education Department probes Ann Arbor and Anne Arundel districts over transgender student privacy

    The U.S. Education Department is investigating Ann Arbor, MI and Anne Arundel, MD school districts for policies that hide transgender students’ identities from parents, citing possible FERPA violations and威​th​

  2. 2 days ago

    [POLITICS] 4 sources
    Education Secretary Linda McMahon Targets Schools Hiding Gender Transition Records

    Education Secretary Linda McMahon is enforcing FERPA against U.S. school districts accused of hiding gender transition records, threatening federal funding cuts and launching investigations in Maryland, MI and

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