SB 266 Violates Federal Law Puts Georgia At Risk of Losing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Federal Funding

MEDIA CONTACT

Ana Maria Rosato, ACLU of Georgia, [email protected]

WHO
Christopher Bruce, political director of the ACLU of Georgia to testify in opposition to SB 266

WHAT
ACLU of Georgia testimony on Senate Bill 266, a bill that harms the State’s transgender youth and violates Title IX, a federal law banning sex discrimination in education

QUOTE
"This extreme bill is out-of-step with prevailing international and national norms of athletic competition, violates the United States Constitution and federal civil rights law, puts Georgia at risk of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, and harms our State's transgender youth," said Christopher Bruce, political director of the ACLU of Georgia.

WHERE
Georgia Senate Committee on Education and Youth
Coverdell Legislative Office Building, 307
Link to Livestream

WHEN
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 11:00am

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