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A federal judge issued an order that bars the Obama administration from enforcing its position that transgender students should be allowed access to bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity.
The order comes as school districts across the country are beginning to resume classes for the upcoming school year.
The order was sought by 13 states, in an attempt to halt a directive issued by the Education and Justice Departments earlier this year, which informed schools across the country that they could lose federal education funding if they force transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms according to their sex at birth.
But the administration's action prompted a furious backlash from conservatives.
In his ruling Sunday, Judge Reed O’Connor wrote that “although Defendants have characterized the Guidelines as interpretive, post-guidance events and their actual legal effect prove that they are ‘compulsory in nature.'"
O'Connor, a judge in the Northern District of Texas, wrote that the Obama administration's actions have "drawn a line in the sand" in that districts are at financial risk if they fail to comply.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/texas-judge-temporarily-blocks-obamas-transgender-directive-227267
