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null / ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 10, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA).Catholic school leaders need to be aware that their schools could be cut off from the federal government s free and subsidized lunch program if their policies don t comply with the Biden administration s revised rules against LGBTQ discrimination, experts warn.Earlier this year the administration re-interpreted Title IX s federal ban on sex discrimination to include "sexual orientation or gender identity." Religious freedom and free speech advocates warn that the proposed rule change could be used to enforce mandates on hiring, bathrooms, using preferred pronouns, and dress codes. The broadened definition now also applies to the National School Lunch Program, a federally funded meal assistance program administered by the Department of Agriculture that provides subsidized or free lunches to more than 30 million public and private school students from low-income households.That change pro

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