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Actions of this week Loudon County, Virginiathe school board continues to support allowing transgender children to use facilities that do not match their biological gender as the frontcourt and center of the state’s gubernatorial election.
“It’s absolutely unacceptable,” the Republican gubernatorial candidate won the election for this year’s election Lieutenant Earl Sails. “Our girls are simply not safe. Are we erasing women now?”
Presidential Ministry of Justice Donald Trump’s The government has asked Loudon County school district to repeal the policy and threatened to not take action by Friday, which will charge $50 million in federal funds.
However, the school board voted 6-3 to support the 8040 policy, which provides protection for trans students, at a meeting Tuesday night.
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Virginia Governor Earle-Sears, 2025 Republican Governor Nominee, told Fox News the move this week by the Loudon County School Board of Trustees to continue supporting the use of facilities that do not necessarily match their biological gender “is absolutely unacceptable.” (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
this Ministry of Justice It is believed that the policy violates No. IX, a half-century federal law that prohibits gender discrimination in any educational program or activity receiving federal funding.
Loudon County is the five Northern Virginia School District This will face Friday’s deadline, as well as Alexander City Public Schools, Arlington Public Schools, Prince William County Public Schools and Fairfax County Public Schools.
The Justice Department alleges that the district’s policy allows students to choose to use school bathrooms and locker rooms based on gender identity rather than their biological sexual behavior, in violation of Chapter IX.
Sears noted that four years ago, Republicans swept statewide offices in the Virginia election, saying the school district was “rogue and obviously, since we first ran in 2021, they have been taught the lessons they didn’t know and they have to not understand their parents still matter.”

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin was interviewed by Fox News Digital on November 20, 2024 on Marco Island, Florida. (Paul Steinhauser-Fox News)
Republican Glenn Youngkin focused on parents’ rights in his children’s education in the 2021 governor’s victory in a state that tilted blue for more than a decade.
“As a mom, I’m so grateful to our hardworking, dedicated Virginia for ensuring that our children have a safe, active and productive school,” Abigail Spanberger, a former Virginia Governor, entered social media Wednesday after a meeting in the Loudon County School Board.
“As governor, I will make sure our educators receive the support they need to continue to provide world-class education for our children in the Commonwealth,” assured Spanberger, a former CIA official.

Virginia Democratic Governor nominee Abigail Spanberger addressed the crowd during an April 8, 2025 campaign in Richmond, Virginia. (Max Posner/The Washington Post/Getty Images)
But Sears accused Spanberger of the November election poll and he is playing a two-sided role.
She noted that she pointed to Spanberger’s past votes.
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“I want my parents to know – I’m in your corner,” Sears told Fox News.
She argued: “Abigail Spanberger wouldn’t even step into the ring to fight for you.”

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