Southlake’s Carroll ISD filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Biden administration’s recent changes to Title IX that extended protections to LGBTQ+ students, court records show.

The lawsuit comes after the Carroll ISD board of trustees voted 7-0 after an executive session during a board meeting May 15 to “proceed with litigation against all necessary parties related to proposed changes to Title 9 and their effect on Carroll ISD,” according to a social media post by the district.

Carroll ISD is represented by the conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, which also worked to overturn Roe v. Wade, pro bono in the litigation.

The changes to Title IX, the law that bans discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance, clarify that it also protects against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

“The final regulations promote educational equity and opportunity for students across the country as well as accountability and fairness, while empowering and supporting students and families,” the U.S. Department of Education said in a statement announcing the changes in April.

“For more than 50 years, Title IX has promised an equal opportunity to learn and thrive in our nation’s schools free from sex discrimination,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona in a statement in April. “These final regulations build on the legacy of Title IX by clarifying that all our nation’s students can access schools that are safe, welcoming, and respect their rights.”

In the new lawsuit, Carroll ISD alleges, “the Department of Education has redefined the word ‘sex’ in Title IX to include ‘gender identity.’”

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Their arguments suck especially since they want to eliminate Title IX all together.