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DENVER \u2014 A Colorado school district facing federal penalties for Title IX violations denied having 61 biological males participating in girls\u2019 competitive sports, saying the actual number is zero.<\/p>\n

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The Jefferson County Public Schools in Littleton swung back after the Department of Education renewed its threat to pull federal funding unless the district agrees to rescind its gender-identity policies and adopt biologically based definitions of \u201cmale\u201d and \u201cfemale.\u201d<\/p>\n

The district said it was \u201cshocked and disappointed\u201d by the warning, saying Title IX\u2019s stance on gender identity remains unresolved and disputing as \u201cerroneous\u201d the department\u2019s finding that male athletes \u201cmay occupy up to 61 roster positions on girls\u2019 sports teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be clear, the data did not show any male student occupied a girls\u2019 athletics competition role,\u201d said the district, known as Jeffco, in a Wednesday statement.<\/p>\n

In March, the department\u2019s Office for Civil Rights found the district in violation of Title IX over its policy allowing students access to girls\u2019 private facilities, athletics and overnight accommodations based on gender identity.<\/p>\n

Since then, however, the office said that the district has \u201ctaken no action to protect women and girls.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s letter of impasse notifies the District that OCR will prepare for impending enforcement, which, following OCR\u2019s regulatory procedures, could ultimately result in termination of the District\u2019s federal education funding,\u201d said the department in its Wednesday press release.<\/p>\n

A day earlier, an attorney for the district sent a letter urging the office to issue a clarification on its findings regarding transgender athletes in girls\u2019 sports, saying that they \u201crest on a fundamental misunderstanding of the data we provided.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSpecifically, OCR incorrectly concluded, and has publicly claimed, that more than 60 male students are competing on Jeffco\u2019s girls\u2019 sports teams. This is not true,\u201d Jacquelynn Rich Fredericks said in her Tuesday letter.<\/p>\n

Ms. Fredericks called the clarification \u201ccrucial to Jeffco\u2019s ability to meaningfully evaluate each of the three Action Items in the proposed Resolution Agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause OCR never reached out to us for clarification, yet publicly announced its inaccurate finding, the District was unable to meaningfully address the resulting concerns from, and potential risks to, our community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She also suggested that the department\u2019s disagreement lies with the state, not the school district.<\/p>\n

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The district adopted its gender-identity policy in 2013 to comply with the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, which has been interpreted by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission to \u201crequire school districts to accommodate students based on their gender identity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRespectfully, if what OCR wishes is to force a facial confrontation with the tenets of CADA that are woven into Jeffco\u2019s policies, that fight is bigger than one district, and our 70,000 students deserve more than OCR walking away from our ongoing conversations,\u201d said Ms. Fredericks.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court could decide as early as Friday on cases in Idaho and West Virginia challenging their state bans on biological males in female sports.<\/p>\n

Ms. Fredericks said it would \u201cbehoove both OCR and the District to take into account the Court\u2019s coming decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

The department\u2019s March 13 proposed resolution agreement essentially calls on the district to defy state law.<\/p>\n

One of the document\u2019s four action items says that the district shall issue a public statement that will \u201cspecify that Title IX applies irrespective of state law or regulation and the policies of sports governing bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeffco urged the Office for Civil Rights to continue negotiations rather than begin enforcement actions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are still within the 90 days that OCR\u2019s own manual provides for good faith negotiations, do not believe that the parties are at an impasse, and invite OCR back to the negotiating table to address the very real issue now facing every single school in Colorado from Boulder to Pueblo and Lamar to Grand Junction,\u201d said the district\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n

The district\u2019s transgender-access issues extend beyond girls\u2019 sports.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Jeffco was sued by several parents challenging its gender-identity policy, including a couple whose 11-year-old daughter was assigned to a room with a biological male during a class trip to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Regina Rodriguez, a Biden appointee, sided in August with the district, ruling that parental rights don\u2019t extend to authority over district policies. The case is now before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n

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