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DOJ Opens Civil-Rights Probes Into Three Michigan School Districts Over SOGI Instruction, Facility Access

Federal investigators say Title IX, guided by the Supreme Court’s 2025 Mahmoud v. Taylor ruling, governs the reviews.

Overview

  • Detroit Public Schools Community District, Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, and the Lansing School District are under investigation by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.
  • Investigators will determine whether sexual orientation and gender ideology content appears in any pre-K–12 classes and whether parents were notified of opt-out rights.
  • The reviews will assess whether access to bathrooms and locker rooms is limited by biological sex and whether those practices comply with federal law.
  • Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon framed the move as protecting parental religious rights and ensuring single-sex facility access by biological sex under Title IX.
  • The Civil Rights Division says it has reached no conclusions, and local outlets including FOX 2 Detroit reported the announcement as the probes begin.