SARASOTA — Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler has vowed once again to uphold her stance on limiting transgender influence in the classroom and in sports after a recent federal ruling added “gender fluidity” in Title IX, a longtime civil rights law.
In a social media post Wednesday, Ziegler shared an anti-Title IX resolution she will present at Tuesday’s board meeting.
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