CPS Board says it will protect LGBTQ+ students despite State Board decision

At Wednesday night's Board of Education meeting, every member of the Cincinnati Public School Board voted to pass a resolution to continue to protect the rights of gay and transgender students.

The resolution was in response to the passage of the Ohio State Board of Education's controversial resolution that supports bills in the Ohio Legislature that ban transgender students from playing girls' sports or using bathrooms not aligned with their gender assigned at birth.

The decision by the state board was in response to President Biden's proposed expansion of Title IX which would include protections for LGBTQ+ students under the law.

Members of Cincinnati's school board said what happens at the state level would not affect how gay and transgender students are treated in the district's schools.