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DALLAS — Just over a week after announcing legal action against Dallas ISD over the district’s policies on transgender student athletes, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday that he’d reached an agreement with the district on the issue. The news comes after Paxton announced an investigation in February into Dallas ISD “to ensure the district is not violating Texas law by permitting biological males to participate in girls’ sports.” He’s also launched investigations into other school districts , including Irving ISD, Richardson ISD and Hutto ISD.
“I urge all other school districts to fulfill their legal obligations to protect girls’ sports and end any attempts to circumvent Texas law. Biological males have no place in girls’ sports, and any Texas public schools doing otherwise will be held accountable,” Paxton said in a statement. As part of the agreement announced Friday, Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde agreed to: Ensure all Dallas ISD employees and staff are notified and directed to comply with state law “prohibiting a student from competing in interscholastic athletic competitions designated for the opposite biological sex” and are “prohibited from counseling parents or students on circumventing this statute.
” Issue a district-wide communication to district employees and staff stating the state law on the issue, that staff are required to comply with it and are prohibited from counseling parents on circumventing the statute and directing all questions about the law to a point of contact designated by Elizalde within 14 business days. Paxton’s threat of legal action against Dallas ISD came after the conservative activist group, Accuracy in Media, filmed and published videos of Dallas and Irving ISD administrators without their knowledge. Paxton had alleged a Dallas ISD administrator was filmed saying a male student would be allowed to participate in girls’ sports if the parent changed the birth certificate of their son to “female.
” Paxton also claimed in a press release that she said that the district “find[s] the loopholes in everything” and that she is willing to go to jail for defying Texas law. The state health department blocked transgender people from changing the sex listed on birth certificates last year..
