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Kansas also will challenge Obama transgender directive
By MELISSA HELLMANN
Jun. 1, 2016 1:47 PM EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican-led Kansas will challenge in court the Obama administration's directive that public schools allow transgender students to use the restrooms that matches their gender identity, the state's attorney general said Wednesday, although he has not yet decided whether to join a lawsuit by 11 other states or sue separately.
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt made the announcement as the state Senate prepared to vote on a non-binding resolution condemning the Obama administration recommendation and calling on Schmidt to challenge it.
"In our federal system of government, not every decision needs to be handed down from Washington, and this is a matter best left to state or local authorities, including school boards, as it traditionally has been - and as the law requires," Schmidt said in a press release.
Schmidt said conservative Republican Gov. Sam Brownback also wants the state to fight the decree.
The resolution will be considered on the final day of the state legislative session as Kansas struggles to comply with a state Supreme Court ruling that the Legislature has failed to adequately fund poor public schools and gave the lawmakers until June 30 to respond. Opponents of the transgender resolution say it is a distraction from the urgent need to act on school funding.
The resolution urges the Republican-majority U.S. Congress to blunt the directive by passing legislation that protects privacy rights. It also encourages Schmidt to consider filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education, which issued the order. Texas and 10 other states already have filed suit against the federal government over the directive.
Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce, a Hutchinson Republican, said President Barack Obama "overstepped his bounds" by issuing a decree on what should be a state-level decision.
Kansas also will challenge Obama transgender directive
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Kansas also will challenge Obama transgender directive
By MELISSA HELLMANN
Jun. 1, 2016 1:47 PM EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican-led Kansas will challenge in court the Obama administration's directive that public schools allow transgender students to use the restrooms that matches their gender identity, the state's attorney general said Wednesday, although he has not yet decided whether to join a lawsuit by 11 other states or sue separately.
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt made the announcement as the state Senate prepared to vote on a non-binding resolution condemning the Obama administration recommendation and calling on Schmidt to challenge it.
"In our federal system of government, not every decision needs to be handed down from Washington, and this is a matter best left to state or local authorities, including school boards, as it traditionally has been - and as the law requires," Schmidt said in a press release.
Schmidt said conservative Republican Gov. Sam Brownback also wants the state to fight the decree.
The resolution will be considered on the final day of the state legislative session as Kansas struggles to comply with a state Supreme Court ruling that the Legislature has failed to adequately fund poor public schools and gave the lawmakers until June 30 to respond. Opponents of the transgender resolution say it is a distraction from the urgent need to act on school funding.
The resolution urges the Republican-majority U.S. Congress to blunt the directive by passing legislation that protects privacy rights. It also encourages Schmidt to consider filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education, which issued the order. Texas and 10 other states already have filed suit against the federal government over the directive.
Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce, a Hutchinson Republican, said President Barack Obama "overstepped his bounds" by issuing a decree on what should be a state-level decision.
Kansas also will challenge Obama transgender directive
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