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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Conner Eldridge said Monday that federal instructions on transgender students' use of restrooms and locker rooms aren't needed, while a spokesman for Democratic congressional candidate Dianne Curry said she supports the federal instructions.

The U.S. Department of Education on Friday sent letters to school districts across the country that directed educators to let transgender students use the restrooms that correspond with their gender identities. The letter threatens legal action or the withholding of federal funds for a refusal to comply.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, recommended that school districts in Arkansas disregard the directive.

U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., of Rogers, said Friday that he rejects "this attempt by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education to control our schools from Washington and [supports] Gov. Hutchinson's call for Arkansas' school districts to ignore the blatant abuse of power by the president..."

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