Carroll ISD Southlake rolls back LGBTQ student protections

SOUTHLAKE, Texas — Controversy has been raised over current modifications made by Carroll ISD to its Student Code of Conduct, rolling back protections for college students based mostly on race, faith, gender and sexual identification. 

The measures have been handed by trustees with a 5-1 vote Monday evening. 

In a press release from the district, Carroll ISD mentioned its code dictates the Board of Trustees yearly set up a Student Code of Conduct for the district, together with procedures to deal with behaviors like bullying, discrimination and harassment. 

The district moreover acknowledged its Policy Review Committee, made up of fogeys and employees, really useful the board undertake the non-discrimination assertion endorsed by the Federal Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, the regulating physique for imposing civil rights legal guidelines in schooling. 

“The District is utilizing OCR’s non-discrimination statement, which reflects Carroll ISD ‘does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups,'” Carroll ISD wrote in a press release.

Carroll ISD’s Code of Conduct, now aligned with OCR’s non-discrimination assertion, outlaws discrimination in opposition to college students based mostly on their intercourse, encompassing the district’s LGBTQ+ college students, the district acknowledged. 

But some say the measure guts protections for college students based mostly on race, faith, gender and sexual orientation and places college students and the district in danger. 

Southlake Together, in a Twitter thread, argues the assertion of non-discrimination omits faith, gender and sexual orientation and is in clear battle with the district’s present coverage to guard these lessons.