State Of Kansas v. US DOE

This amicus brief filed in the Tenth Circuit case State of Kansas, et al. v. United States Department of Education, et al. (No. 24-3097), was submitted by the Child & Parental Rights Campaign, Inc. (CPRC), with Mary E. McAlister, Vernadette R. Broyles, Ernest G. Trakas, and Athina M. Giouvalakis as counsel, supporting plaintiffs-appellees including Kansas in seeking affirmation of a district court ruling. The brief defends Kansas’s challenge to the U.S. Department of Education’s 2024 Title IX regulations, which expanded the definition of “sex” to include “gender identity,” thus expanding protections against discrimination in education to include those who assert a “gender identity” that contradicts their sex. In the brief, CPRC argued that such federal overreach undermines state authority and parental rights to control children’s education and upbringing, a core CPRC priority. CPRC’s involvement reinforces its stance against policies mandating gender identity accommodations in schools, aligning with the plaintiffs’ claim that the regulations exceed statutory authority and violate constitutional principles.