/NBC News) — The Trump administration could overturn Obama-era guidance protecting transgender students as early as Wednesday, according to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
At Wednesday’s daily press briefing, Spicer responded to a reporter’s question about whether rumors of the policy change were true.
“I would expect further guidance to come out on that today,” said Spicer, adding that “The President, as I said yesterday, is a firm believer in states rights.”
Spicer also touched on rumors that allege Education Secretary Betsy DeVos opposed changing the transgender guidance, saying that while there have been disagreements over “the timing and wording,” the “conclusions” are something that “everyone in the administration” has agreed upon.
NBC News has obtained a draft copy of an alleged “Dear Colleague” letter, dated February 2017, that rescinds policy guidance sent to schools last May regarding “access to sex-segregated facilities based on gender identity rather than biological sex.”
Rescinding the guidance, originally issued by the Department of Education and the Justice Department’s Office of Civil Rights under the Obama administration, would allow states to individually interpret whether Title IX’s federal student protections include transgender students.
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