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Education Department Suppresses Nonbinary Data in 2023-24 Survey

9/5/2026

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The Education Department removed nonbinary data from the 2023-2024 Civil Rights Data Collection.
The department marked gender-identity columns as “Suppressed in Compliance with Executive Order.”
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on inauguration day defining sex as only male or female.
Only about 1,800 of more than 13,000 U.S. school districts reported trans and nonbinary data in the latest collection.

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The Education Department removed nonbinary data from the 2023-2024 Civil Rights Data Collection.
The department marked gender-identity columns as “Suppressed in Compliance with Executive Order.”
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on inauguration day defining sex as only male or female.
Only about 1,800 of more than 13,000 U.S. school districts reported trans and nonbinary data in the latest collection.