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The Trump administration took its next step toward revoking<\/span> tens of millions of dollars in federal funding from Jeffco Public Schools on Friday, sending the district letters of \u201cimpending enforcement action\u201d over its policies related to transgender students.<\/p>\n

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Jeffco Public Schools officials are now calling on Colorado leaders \u2014 Gov. Jared Polis, Attorney General Phil Weiser and state education Commissioner Susana C\u00f3rdova \u2014 to jump into the fray as the district says it faces a loss of $90 million in federal funding.<\/p>\n

In a letter released Friday, district leaders asked Polis, Weiser and C\u00f3rdova to publicly support Jeffco Public Schools as being in line with Colorado anti-discrimination law and to participate in any legal defense should the matter end up in court.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the last 18 months, Colorado has joined multiple out-of-state lawsuits challenging various actions and pronouncements of the Trump administration. Few such cases presented a risk to Colorado as discrete and imminent as our circumstance,\u201d\u00a0departing Superintendent Tracy Dorland and incoming interim Superintendent Rob Stein wrote.<\/p>\n

In the wake of $40 million in budget cuts that caused layoffs and lost programs, the district now faces spending scarce resources \u201cin what is, undoubtedly, a proxy fight in defense of Colorado law,\u201d Dorland and Stein wrote. \u201cWe cannot do this alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement, Polis spokesperson Eric Maruyama said the governor\u2019s office received the school district\u2019s letter and is evaluating next steps.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our Colorado for all, we believe in protecting freedom, and building a welcoming state where everyone can thrive, no matter who you are or how you identify. The Trump Administration should focus on strengthening our schools and helping students learn and educators teach, not creating fear for students and families,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Weiser declined to comment on the case and the school district\u2019s request for help. The Colorado Department of Education did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.<\/p>\n

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Officials with the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office of Civil Rights have accused the Jefferson County school district of violating Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 by allowing transgender students to compete in female sports and use girls\u2019 bathrooms.<\/p>\n

Jeffco officials have denied those allegations.<\/p>\n

\u201cJefferson County Public Schools has refused to correct its widespread and blatant Title IX violations, including policies as egregious as allowing children to share overnight accommodations with members of the opposite sex, despite repeated opportunities to come into compliance with the law,\u201d Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said in a news release.<\/p>\n

School district officials on Friday said federal education officials have not answered questions about how the district is supposed to follow both Colorado law and the agency\u2019s Title IX interpretation, and instead ended negotiations and canceled a meeting.<\/p>\n

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The federal agency once more gave Jeffco Public Schools 10 days to comply or face enforcement action, which could include administrative enforcement, referral to the U.S. Department of Justice and loss of federal funding.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the third time the Education Department has given Jeffco a 10-day deadline to change its policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cJeffco remains committed to ensuring every student has access to a safe, welcoming and equitable educational experience, and we will continue working toward solutions that reflect both our legal obligations and our unwavering commitment to all students,\u201d district officials said Friday.<\/p>\n

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