New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) sued the Education Department Wednesday for federal pulling funding after the district refused to change its policies around transgender students.

The Education Department had said it would pull funding if New York City schools and other localities did not reverse policies that allow transgender students to use the facilities that match their biological sex.

After NYCPS missed the deadline, $47 million in promised grants were put on hold for the district’s magnet schools.

“The immediate........

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