The Department of Education is seeking to suspend or end federal financial assistance to five Northern Virginia school districts for violating Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the department said in an Aug. 19 statement.
Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities that receive federal funding. In February, the department’s Office for Civil Rights opened a Title IX investigation into five Northern Virginia school districts—Alexandria City Public Schools, Arlington Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Loudoun County Public Schools, and Prince William County Public Schools.
