May 1, 2024 (Idaho Department of Education Press Release, April 30, 2024)
Boise–Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s sweeping rewrite of federal Title IX law. On Monday, Idaho joined several other states in litigating against the changes.
Many local Idaho education agencies are understandably concerned about implementing the new Title IX regulations and how subsequent enforcement could impact their day-to-day operations.
My team and I will closely monitor these developments and will update our school leaders accordingly. We are working with the Office of the Attorney General to analyze the significant changes and what they mean for districts and charters.
I fully support the state’s legal action against the federal government. The current administration’s tactic of inserting itself into the business of states and, in this instance, locally elected school board members has grown tiresome. These sorts of actions waste valuable time and resources and take away from our focus on educating kids.
