Oklahoma, Title IX

After suicide of nonbinary teen, DOE finds multiple Title IX violations at Oklahoma school district
After the suicide of a nonbinary student last February spurred a monthslong federal investigation, the US Department of Education found Title IX violations in an Oklahoma public school district including multiple failures to respond to notices of sexual harassment.
After student suicide, Oklahoma district agrees to address Title IX violations
The Department of Education announced that Oklahoma's Owasso Public Schools has agreed to “remedy violations of Title IX” following LGBTQ+ student Nex Benedict's death.
Nex Benedict’s Oklahoma school district violated federal law, investigation finds
The Oklahoma school district where a transgender student died this year after an altercation in a bathroom violated federal law by mishandling sexual harassment allegations, according to an investigation by the federal Education Department. The department ...
Oklahoma school district adding anti-harassment policies after nonbinary teen's death
OWASSO, Okla. (AP) — A federal investigation into an Oklahoma school district launched after the death of a nonbinary student has led to the school agreeing to develop policies to prevent sexual discrimination and harassment, federal officials announced Wednesday.
Nex Benedict's school district agrees to address Title IX harassment violations
The Department of Education announced that Oklahoma's Owasso Public Schools has agreed to “remedy violations of Title IX” following LGBTQ+ student Nex Benedict's death.
Oklahoma school district where trans teen Nex Benedict died violated Title IX, Department of Education finds
The district must take corrective action after it was found to violate the rights of LGBTQ+ students and others who were bullied.
Department of Education deems Nex Benedict’s Oklahoma school district in violation of Title IX
The Department of Education announced Wednesday that the Owasso school district in Oklahoma violated Title IX due to sexual harassment in its schools, a finding that comes months after the death of Nex Benedict.
Right-Wing Oklahoma School Official Was A Whisker Away From Appointing Joe Rogan
Newly uncovered emails show Rogan nearly ended up on the same committee as the far-right "Libs Of TikTok" founder.
Reactions from US Department of Education’s findings on Oklahoma school district not handling sexual harassment
The U.S. Department of Education found an Oklahoma school district didn’t properly handle allegations of sexual harassment in ...
School where Nex Benedict attended failed to protect students from harassment, investigation finds
Owasso Public School district’s inaction ‘rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment ...
'A mental detox.' Oklahoma students share how cellphone ban has worked for their schools
Gov. Kevin Stitt and education secretary Nellie Tayloe Sanders met with students to hear how cellphone bans in their school ...
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Investigation Finds Nex Benedict’s School District Was “Deliberately Indifferent” to Harassment Complaints
The Department of Education’s investigation reveals how Owasso Public Schools in Oklahoma were handling student complaints of ...
Oklahoma students, educators discuss school cellphone policies during visit with governor
For the past three months of school, Carter Storts found herself reaching for her cellphone only to come up empty. Like all ...
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Offering AP courses is now required in Oklahoma, but most schools still aren’t teaching them
Four years ago, lawmakers passed a bill requiring all Oklahoma public schools to offer at least four Advanced Placement ...
Nex Benedict's school district failed to protect students, investigation finds
The public school district in Oklahoma came under scrutiny this year after an LGBTQ+ teen died of an overdose following ...