GRANBURY (AP) — The removal of LGBTQ-themed books from the library of the Granbury, Texas, school district is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education's civil rights division.
“The Office for Civil Rights can confirm that there is an open investigation into Granbury ISD under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972," according to a statement Tuesday from the Education Department. "We do not comment on pending investigations.”
Title IX has prohibitions against discriminating on the basis of sex, gender and sexual orientation.
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