The Trump administration is considering possible “correction action” against those behind the Biden administration’s gender identity push in schools.
In a letter sent to President Trump, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) wrote that a whistleblower alleged that the previous administration’s Education Department “failed to comply with a court injunction that prohibits the agency from addressing gender identity and/or transgender status and sexual orientation based on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.”
“With respect to the retaliatory behavior and hostile work environment concerns identified during the investigation, OGC is partnering with ED’s Office of Human Resources (OHR), which is conducting an internal investigation into the matter,” the letter adds. “At the conclusion of the investigation, ED intends to take any necessary corrective action, including but not limited to, pursuing disciplinary action against any current or former employees, and providing appropriate relief or other remedies to aggrieved employees.”
OSC Chief Counsel Charles Baldis said in a statement on the matter, “I commend the whistleblower for being persistent in reporting the disclosure despite significant internal resistance.”
“Given the seriousness of the substantiated allegations—spanning several years, multiple offices, and layers of leadership—OSC recommends that the whistleblower be considered for a monetary award in recognition of the importance of the disclosure and the risks undertaken in bringing it to light,” Baldis said. “We also encourage the Department of Education to thoroughly and efficiently complete their investigation of any wrongdoing in this matter and to provide transparency to the public about its conclusions and actions.”
In 2025, a federal judge struck down a Biden-era rule that expanded anti-discrimination policies to include transgender measures. “When it enacted Title IX, Congress’s concern was prohibiting sex discrimination in education. It was particularly concerned with inequality that female students experienced,” the ruling read. “It did not at that time contemplate gender identity, transgender status, or ‘gender affirming care.’”
The ruling was in favor of a group of fifteen Republican-led states that argued the HHS rule exceeded the agency’s authority because it “provides that sex discrimination includes gender-identity discrimination,” and “it unlawfully regulates the practice of medicine.”
