Did Obama go too far with transgender school bathrooms?
In using the threat of withholding federal education dollars, has President Obama made it tougher for schools to accommodate transgender students?
A former south Georgia school superintendent says it has.
“The presidential decree prohibiting public schools from discriminating against those students that self-identify as transgender by forcing them to use the bathroom that corresponds to their biological gender creates a political firestorm around what was essentially a non-issue for schools,” says Jim Arnold, who is retired from Pelham City Schools.
“To have the president make such a declaration on behalf of the 0.2 or 0.3 percent of the population seems sort of like killing ants with B-2 bombers. You can do it, but it’s probably not the best use of the resources at your disposal,” he says.
To read more about the issue, go to the AJC Get Schooled blog
About the Author
Maureen Downey has written editorials and opinion pieces about local, state and federal education policy since the 1990s.
