FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2024 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 [email protected] Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Major Win Blocking Biden Administration’s Attempt to Force “Transgender” Policies Into Schools, Securing Nationwide Relief Against Unlawful Agency Actions AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won a major victory against the Biden Administration’s Department of Education (“DOE”), stopping its attempt to rewrite Title IX to force Texas schools to adopt radical “transgender” policies in violation of state and federal law. In June 2023, Attorney General Paxton sued the Department of Education for issuing arbitrary and capricious guidance that unlawfully extended Title IX to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as protected classes. This would have forced Texas schools and universities to allow biological males to use women’s restrooms, locker rooms, and other sex-specific spaces. Any Texas school refusing to follow the […]