"A Manhattan-based Community Education Council voted on Sept. 10 to rescind a widely-criticized anti-trans sports resolution, drawing praise from advocates who regularly protested the resolution at meetings in the aftermath of the vote. Members of Community Education Council District 2, encompassing Chinatown, Tribeca, West Village, Chelsea, Kips Bay, and the Upper East Side, voted 7-3 to nix the resolution, which called for the formation of a new committee that could review and potentially oppose trans inclusion in school sports."
"Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education (PLACE), a conservative-leaning education advocacy group whose members were among those who supported Resolution 248, saw four of its seven candidates lose their bids for Community Education Council District 2 in recent elections. The president of the community education council, Craig Slutzkin, who also supported the resolution, is again serving as president for the new 2025-27 term."
Community Education Council District 2 voted 7-3 on Sept. 10 to rescind Resolution 248, which had proposed creating a committee to review and potentially oppose trans inclusion in school sports. Advocates who protested the original resolution praised the rescission. The vote was non-binding and Community Education Councils are independent from the city's Department of Education. The Education Department affirmed that every student can participate in sports according to their gender identity and prohibits exclusion based on gender identity or expression. Several sponsors of the original resolution are no longer on the council after recent elections, and PLACE candidates lost multiple seats; Craig Slutzkin remains council president for 2025-27.
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