Education Department Probes Wisconsin School District Over Restroom Policy

‘Young women should never be forced to share intimate spaces with boys and men,’ OCR Assistant Secretary Kimberly Richey said.

A women walks past the Department of Education in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said on March 5 it is investigating the New Richmond School District in Wisconsin over allegations that the district allowed boys to use girls’ restrooms.

The OCR said the probe will assess whether the New Richmond School District violated Title IX by allowing students to use intimate facilities “based on ‘gender identity,’ not biological sex.”