Rep. Andy Harris is encouraging local school districts to ignore Obama administration guidance requiring them to allow transgender students to use bathrooms that fit their gender identity — even as a growing number of schools in the state are embracing the idea.
In a letter to school systems in his district that was later distributed statewide, Harris wrote that the administration “would not have the last word on this issue” and that the administration overstepped its authority in May when it required schools to honor bathroom requests of transgender students.
“We want the superintendents to know that there is not unanimity coming from the federal government — that the branches disagree,” the Baltimore County Republican said in an interview Tuesday. “The superintendents need to know that the House is likely to take some action on this.”
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