Denver School Accused of Violating Title IX Over All-Gender Restrooms

The Education Department offered the school district a 10-day window to voluntarily make changes or risk unspecified enforcement action.

Denver East High School in Denver on April 17, 2019. David Zalubowski/AP

The Education Department said on Thursday that Denver Public Schools violated Title IX, the law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in schools, by converting sex-separated restrooms into “all-gender” facilities.

The department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) also found that the school district violated the law by allowing students to use intimate facilities matching their gender identity rather than their biological sex.