DeVos: Ending Obama's transgender guidance gives more flexibility to schools

Source: Washington Examiner | February 23, 2017 | Jason Russell

OXON HILL, Md. — Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said Thursday that President Trump’s move to withdraw Obama-era regulations about transgender students was a critical move to reduce government overreach into an issue that should be handled by states.

“This issue was a very huge example of the Obama administration’s overreach to suggest a one-sized-fits-all federal government approach, top-down approach, to issues that are best dealt with and solved at the personal level, the local level,” DeVos said at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “It’s our job … to provide students, parents, and teachers with more flexibility around how education is delivered and how that education is experienced, and to protect and preserve personal freedoms.”

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  • Consistent February 23, 2017 at 5:47 pm #13864

    EVERYDAY February 24, 2017 at 7:36 am #13873

    She’s right. Let the states and the individual schools determine policy. The federal government has no right to issue edicts in this matter.

    Of course, the liberal snowflakes don’t see it that way. To them, the federal government should be able to tell you when to breathe.

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