Trump administration scrubs data on gender-based bullying from school civil rights survey
Summary
The Trump administration removed all data about nonbinary students and bullying based on gender identity from a federal survey on school civil rights for the 2023-2024 school year. This action follows an executive order that defines sex only as male or female, which has led to less information about the experiences of transgender and nonbinary students in schools.Key Facts
- The U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection survey includes nearly every public school in the nation.
- For the 2023-2024 survey, the "nonbinary" gender option was initially included but later removed from published data.
- Data on harassment or bullying related to gender identity, as well as school policies against such bullying, were suppressed.
- The suppression was done to comply with President Trump’s executive order defining sex strictly as male or female.
- Only about 1,800 out of more than 13,000 school districts reported data on transgender and nonbinary students in the last survey.
- Experts say the removal of data blocks understanding the experiences of transgender and nonbinary students nationwide.
- The Trump administration has generally reduced protections and data collection related to transgender and nonbinary people in multiple federal programs.
- The White House and Justice Department have been involved in legal conflicts with school systems over policies serving transgender students.
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