California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks throughout an tackle on June 10, 2025. Workplace of California Governor through AP
California schooling officers are refusing to finish insurance policies that enable college students who determine as transgender to take part at school sports activities in keeping with their gender identities, rejecting stress from the U.S. Division of Schooling’s Workplace for Civil Rights (OCR).
In a letter dated July 7, the California Division of Schooling (CDE) informed OCR that it “respectfully disagrees with OCR’s evaluation” and won’t signal a proposed decision settlement involving pupil athletic participation. The letter, signed by Common Counsel Len Garfinkel, got here in response to a June 25 letter of discovering from OCR.