Overview
- Federal civil-rights investigators concluded Jeffco Public Schools violated Title IX by allowing transgender students access to girls’ teams, bathrooms, locker rooms, and overnight accommodations based on gender identity.
- The Office for Civil Rights proposed a resolution requiring Jeffco to rescind or revise those policies, adopt biology-based definitions of male and female, and post a statement that Title IX compliance applies regardless of state law.
- Investigators said district athletic rosters indicate male students may occupy up to 61 roster positions on girls’ teams, a figure cited in the findings released Friday.
- The district called the conclusion erroneous and said the demanded changes would conflict with Colorado’s anti-discrimination law and prior federal guidance protecting transgender students’ access.
- The probe began in June 2025 over overnight trip accommodations and later expanded; a separate parents’ lawsuit over Jeffco’s overnight policy was dismissed last summer and is on appeal with a hearing set for May.