The Louisiana state superintendent of education sent a letter to school leaders on Monday instructing them to ignore the Biden administration’s new final rules using Title IX as protections for transgender students at federally funded schools.

Dr. Cade Brumley advised the new rules announced by the U.S. Department of Education last week are “in direct contradiction” with existing state and federal law, according to The Hill and NOLA.com, citing a copy of the letter.

The Department of Education on Friday expanded the definition of sex to include transgender with its release of updated Title IX rules.

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