This is our third in a series of articles explaining why the Washington State Office of Public Instruction (OSPI) and the Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) continue to be in violation of an important federal law called Title IX. Our previous articles explained why Reykdal’s claim that “biological sex is a continuum” is false and why Reykdal’s recent threats against the Tumwater School Board are in violation of Title IX. To read our previous Title IX articles, go to this link: https://washingtonparentsnetwork.com/title-ix-facts

In this article, we will explain why Reykdal’s claim that “Washington State laws override Title IX” is also false. Title IX is a federal law that protects the rights of biological girls to fair opportunities in academic or athletic programs that receive federal funding. Title IX requires providing girls with their own private bathrooms, locker rooms and sports leagues. However, Policy 3211 directly conflicts with Title IX by requiring schools to allow biological males to enter girls bathrooms and participate in girls sports.

On February 28, 2025, the Washington Parents Network filed a 99 page Title IX complaint against Chris Reykdal and Bob Ferguson for violating the Title IX rights of more than 1,100,00 students during the past 8 years.

On Friday, March 21st, we will file an Amended Complaint summarizing Reykdal’s additional violations of Title IX since February 28th. If you are a parent or school board member and would like to submit a Declaration of supprt of our Title IX complaint, please go to this page and download a sample declaration. Edit your Declaration, sign it and email it back to us by March 20, 2025. https://washingtonparentsnetwork.com/free-downloads

Reykdal advises School Board Members to continue violating Title IX
In response to our Title IX complaint, an OPSI spokesperson stated that they would continue to urge school districts to comply with Washington state law instead of Title IX. Here is the OSPI quote: “We have continued to advise school districts to stay in compliance with state law, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity… An executive order is not law, and it does not override our state laws.” https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_7205b0f2-f611-11ef-80a1-57906666d866.html

The OSPI spokesperson should have read our Title IX complaint before making a comment about it. Our Title IX complaint is not merely about a Presidential Order. Our complaint is seeking enforcement of Title IX which is backed up by a federal court order in Tennessee v Cardona issued on January 9, 2025. Title IX is a federal law that overrides any state law that is contrary to Title IX – including Washington Policy 3211.

The state law OSPI claims has higher priority than Title IX is Washington Policy 3211 which states: “Public schools must allow all students to participate in athletics that correspond to their gender identity.“ In plain English, Washington schools are required to allow biological males to participate in girls sports. Washington Policy 3211 is therefore a clear violation of Title IX which states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in.. any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” The word “sex” in Title IX means “biological sex” and subsquent language requires fair treatment for biological sexes in athletic and academic programs. Fair treatment requires providing biological girls with their own bathrooms and sports programs.

This is the most incredible story I have ever posted. Washington Superintendent Chris Reykdal has threatened a school board to withhold their state funding because the school board voted to comply with federal law! For the past 8 years, Reykdal has been breaking an important Civil Rights law called Title IX (which protects girls rights to fair opportunities in academic and athletic programs that get federal funds). Now he is demanding that school board members also violate federal law.

On March 4, 2025, Washington State Superintendent Chris Reykdal sent an offical warning letter to the Tumwater School Board threatening them for voting in favor of a WIAA policy change which would ban biological males from participating in girls sports. While the WIAA policy change is needed to bring Washington school districts into compliance with Title IX, Reykdal stated that the policy change would violate Washington state law – thereby risking the loss of state school funding. While Reykdal is likely correct that the WIAA amendment violates Washington state law, he is wrong in claiming that State law has priority over federal law. Failing to comply with Title IX will eventually lead to a loss of federal funding.

Direct Conflict between Washington law and Federal law
The Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) is an educational agency that, like OSPI and the Tumwater School District, recieves federal funding and is therefore required to comply with a federal law called Title IX. Title IX requires educational agencies to provide fair academic and sports programs for biological girls. By allowing biological males to participate in girls sports, the WIAA is clearly in violation of Title IX because Title IX prohibits biological males from participating in girls sports. Currently, the WIAA is in the process of considering amendments which, if passed, would bring WIAA closer to compliance with Title IX. However, amending the WIAA gender policy to prohibit males in girls sports would violate current Washington State laws.

This is an update on our battle to restore Title IX Girls rights here in Washington state. On February 28, 2025, the Washington Parents Network filed a Title IX complaint against Chris Reykdal and Bob Ferguson. Failure to comply with Title IX could lead to loss of federal funding. So it is important to resolve this conflict as soon as possible. The best way to resolve any conflict is to begin by telling the truth. Unfortunately, Washington leaders like Chris Reykdal continue to lie to the public. His latest and biggest lie is that “biological sex is a continuum.” The reason this lie matters is because the word “sex” in Title IX refers to biological sex.

Reykdal’s claim that Biological Sex is a continuum is false
In a recent Youtube video, Chris Reykdal claimed that there is a “continuum” of sexes ranging from male to female. Here is a quote from his video: “It is quite simply inaccurate to say biologically that there are only boys and there are only girls. There’s a continuum. There is a science to this. There are children who are born intersex. There are children whose chromosomes and their hormones aren’t consistent with their sex at birth…Our state laws make clear that students get to identify and participate in activities based on the gender in which they identify.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZgyernK0mY

Chris failed to provide any scientific evidence to support his claim. Perhaps it is because there is no science that supports any of his crazy claims.