Federal officials will investigate Oklahoma school following nonbinary teenager's death
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March 1, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Federal officials are opening an investigation into the Oklahoma school district where a nonbinary 16-year-old high school student was in a fight before dying last month, according to a letter sent by the U.S. Department of Education on Friday.
Nex Benedict, whose family says the teen was bullied at Owasso High School, died a day after the fight inside a girl's bathroom at the school. According to family, Benedict identified as nonbinary and used they/them pronouns.
The letter revealing the investigation was addressed to the Human Rights Campaign, which had asked the the d...
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