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A federal court temporarily blocked the Education Department from enforcing new regulations aimed at protecting transgender students in schools, finding that opponents who sued to stop it are likely to prevail when the case is fully considered.

The sweeping set of rules, issued in April, represent the Biden administration’s interpretation of Title IX, a half-century old law that bars discrimination in schools based on sex. The rules are set to take effect Aug. 1, and impact every K-12 school, college and university in the country that accepts any type of federal funding.

The regulation states that discrimination based on sex includes discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, and would require, for instance, schools to allow transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity and to use students’ preferred pronouns.

It was challenged in federal court by four states — Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana and Idaho. The preliminary injunction applies in only those four states, though similar challenges are pending in other states. Thursday’s order was the first ruling in any of the cases.

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