The current success of anti-transgender legislation comes as the U.S. Department of Education continues to postpone the release of new draft Title IX regulations, which are expected to include protections for LGBTQ students. After originally moving up its proposed regulations by a month, to April instead of May, the department now expects to release them in June.
“State legislation related to transgender students has greatly increased over the last few years,” said Lexi Anderson, policy director of the Education Commission of the States, in an email. ECS tracks state education policy.
