OKLAHOMA CITY (NEWSnet/AP) — Federal officials are opening an investigation into the Oklahoma school district where a non-binary student died in February after a fight.

Notification was sent Friday by U.S. Department of Education.

Nex Benedict, whose family says the teen was bullied at Owasso High School, died a day after the fight inside a girl's bathroom at the school. According to family, Benedict identified as nonbinary and used they/them pronouns.

The letter revealing the investigation was addressed toHuman Rights Campaign, which had asked the the department investigate Owasso Public Schools and “its failure to respond appropriately to sex-based harassment that may have contributed to the tragic death.”

Police in the Tulsa suburb have not released a cause of death, but previously said Benedict did not die as a result of injuries from the fight, which occurred Feb. 8.

The department's Office For Civil Rights stated it would investigate whether the district “failed to appropriately respond to alleged harassment,” according to the letter, which makes no reference to Benedict.

Owasso Public Schools confirmed in a statement that the district received notice of the investigation and called the allegations unsupported and without merit.

“The district is committed to cooperating with federal officials,” the statement said.

Neither police nor school officials have said what led to the fight. Benedict’s family has said there had been harassment because of the teen’s non-binary identity.

Vigils were held last week in Oklahoma and other parts of the U.S.

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