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DeVos: Ending Obama’s transgender guidance gives more flexibility to schools

By Jason Russell

Published February 23, 2017 7:06pm ET

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DeVos: Ending Obama’s transgender guidance gives more flexibility to schools — "This issue was a very huge example of the Obama administration's overreach to suggest a one-sized-fits-all federal government approach, top-down approach, to issues that are best dealt with and solved at the personal level, the local level," DeVos said. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) | Molly Riley

OXON HILL, Md. — Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said Thursday that President Trump’s move to withdraw Obama-era regulations about transgender students was a critical move to reduce government overreach into an issue that should be handled by states.

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