The Education Department (ED), Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, and a right-wing policy and legal group are colluding to attack four school districts in Kansas where they claim gender ideology has run amok.Not a single complaint by a parent has been filed on the issue in any of the four districts. Related Department of Education renames June Title IX Month in attack on LGBTQ+ equality Investigations are being launched by the EDs Office of Civil Rights and a newly revealed enforcement arm at the department, the Student Privacy Policy Office, based solely on a complaint filed with the department by the right-wing Defense of Freedom Institute.That group alleges that at least one districts policies permit students to participate in sports and access bathroom and changing facilities based on their gender identity instead of their biological sex. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today The complaint adds that district policies in Topeka, Shawnee, Olathe, and Kansas City, Kansas, prevent school officials from outing trans students to their parents without the students consent.The ED and Kobach ran with those allegations, without consulting with the school districts beforehand.That may have undermined a reason for the performative attack, as targets for the presidents gender ideology crusade in school districts around the country dry up. The Kansas districts alleged behavior of allowing gender ideology to run amok in their schools is an affront not only to the law, but to the sound judgment we expect from our educational leaders, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said, announcing the investigations in well-worn language.School personnel should not confuse and unsettle young girls by forcing them to share sex-separated sports and intimate facilities with boys; nor should school personnel abuse their position of authority by hiding sensitive information pertaining to a childs health and well-being from that childs parents.The ED said the schools policies describe actions in violation of the administrations upside-down interpretation of Title IX, where access to play by trans athletes is discrimination against cisgender girls. Kobach claimed schools across the country are ignoring their obligation to keep children safe from harm by promoting a virulent ideology that pushes children into a pipeline of social transitioning.'These claims are just noise, said Christy Moreno, advocacy officer for Revolucin Educativa, a group that supports educators and students in Kansas and Missouri.For far too long, we have one state leader who has been attacking public education, attacking students, and is now getting a little attention in D.C., Moreno said of Kobach.We believe that any positive experience for students, anything that is going to impact their well-being and their learning, needs to be supported. The far-right Defense of Freedom Institute is representing an aggrieved teacher from one of the four school districtsunder investigation, who they say was wrongfully and unlawfully disciplined for refusing diversity, equity, and inclusion training.Shawnee Mission School District, where that high school teacher taught, issued a statement following receipt of their investigation notice letter, which differs from those issued by the ED under previous administrations.This letter outlines the [U.S. Department of Educations] enforcement options to withhold payments, to issue cease and desist orders, and to sue, the Shawnee Mission school district said of the threatening correspondence.They added, Through today, SMSD is not aware of any parent or student filing an OCR complaint alleging that the districts practices for working with transgender students and their families violates Title IX. We of course stand ready to address any concerns from an SMSD family that come forward.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.