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Praise! Religious Schools Exempt from Title IX

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  • August 20, 2022 at 2:18 pm

    Father, we thank You for sparing Christian schools from Biden’s Title IX changes. Continue to oppose the evil transgender ideology, Lord. I earnestly pray in the name of Jesus🙏🏻♥️🕊

    August 20, 2022 at 2:18 pm

    Following a lawsuit from Grant Park Christian Academy last month, Biden has exempted religious schools from his changes to Title IX. From The Hill. USDA in May announced it would be broadening its definition of sex-based discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity, and said schools and other qualifying organizations would need to update their nondiscrimination policies accordingly to receive funding from the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), including for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)….

    August 20, 2022 at 2:19 pm

    But in a document dated Aug. 12, USDA clarified that it does not require religious schools to submit written requests for a Title IX exemption in order to claim one.

    August 20, 2022 at 2:19 pm

    There are several exceptions to Title IX – the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination – the department said, including one permitting an institution to be exempt “if there is a conflict between Title IX and a school’s governing religious tenets.”

    August 20, 2022 at 2:20 pm

    Earlier this month, the Biden administration said it would grant such an exemption to Grant Park Christian Academy in Tampa, Fla., a private school of 56 pre-K through eighth-grade students from low-income families…. In a statement on Friday, Erica Steinmiller-Perdomo, legal counsel at the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which had been representing Grant Park Christian Academy, said the administration was “rightly honoring” the beliefs of other religious schools across the nation. “While it shouldn’t have taken a federal lawsuit, at least now, all religious schools like Grant Park Christian Academy who rely on the USDA’s funding to serve nutritious meals to kids in need can continue this vital service in their communities,” she said….

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