First the U.S. Department of Education sent guidance to schools across the country, pointing out how transgender students were to be treated.
Within months, several states sued, and a court blocked the implementation of the guidance--which said transgender students should be able to use bathroom and locker room facilities corresponding to their gender identity.
Now the Trump administration has chosen not to defend the Obama-era guidance in court. Which leaves anyone in school administration wondering what happens next.
Education departments in both and are both keeping an eye on the situation. We talk to reps from both departments.
