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The Trump administration on Monday ordered Fairfax County Public Schools to investigate whether employees facilitated abortions for students.

The Department of Education’s Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) announced in a statement that it has launched an enforcement action against Fairfax County Public Schools under the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA).

"It shocks the conscience to learn that school personnel in Fairfax have allegedly exploited their positions of trust to push abortion services on students without parental knowledge or consent," U.S. Department of Education’s acting general counsel Candice Jackson said.

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The Trump administration ordered Fairfax County Public Schools to investigate whether employees facilitated abortions for students. (Getty Images)

She added, "Children do not belong to the government—decisions touching deeply held values should be made within loving families. It is both morally unconscionable and patently illegal for school officials to keep parents in the dark about such intimate, life-altering procedures pertaining to their children."

The Trump administration cited reports that a Centreville High School social worker scheduled an abortion appointment for a 17-year-old student and paid the clinic fees without permission from the student’s parents during the 2021-22 school year.

The administration alleged that the social worker pressured another student to have an abortion, "with the social worker reportedly telling her she ‘had no other choice’ and directing her to the same clinic for an abortion procedure, which the student did not ultimately undergo."

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Fairfax County Public Schools bus

The Department of Education’s Student Privacy Policy Office announced on Monday that they initiated an enforcement action against Fairfax County Public Schools under the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment. (Getty Images)

Fairfax County Public Schools in August reportedly launched an investigation into accusations that school staff arranged abortions for students without notifying their parents, according to local reports.

School administrators may have known the staff-arranged abortions were happening, and school funding may have been used, which could include local, state and federal funds, according to reports.

Last month, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R., directed state police to open a criminal investigation into allegations that a Fairfax County Public Schools staff member arranged abortions for students without parental consent, potentially using public money.

Schools are required to notify parents of physical examinations and allow parents to opt their children out of such a procedure due to the PPRA.

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaking in Richmond.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin last month directed state police to open a criminal investigation into allegations that a Fairfax County Public Schools staff member arranged abortions for students without parental consent, potentially using public money. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The SPPO wants Fairfax County Public Schools to provide a written response by Oct. 17th containing several demands. The office wants the district to show any proof of school staff regarding the handling of "sensitive medical services" related to "abortion-related referrals or procedures" and a statement explaining whether any Department of Education funds were used, "in whole or in part, in connection with the sensitive medical services, including abortion-related referrals or procedures."

The department also wants the district to disclose "any records related to the alleged incidents of school personnel facilitating the provision of abortion services to minors."

"The Trump Administration will not stand by idly as these abuses unfold in our schools. We will take swift and decisive action to put an end to this and restore parental authority, which stems from their ultimate responsibility for their children’s wellbeing," Jackson said.

Fairfax County Public Schools did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

Fox News' Landon Mion contributed to this report.

Joshua Q. Nelson is a reporter for Fox News Digital.

Joshua focuses on politics, education policy ranging from the local to the federal level, and the parental uprising in education.

Joining Fox News Digital in 2019, he previously graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Political Science and is an alum of the National Journalism Center and the Heritage Foundation's Young Leaders Program. 

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