LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A proposed Nebraska Board of Education resolution that would have pushed back against a federal directive to let transgender students use bathrooms that match their gender identity has failed.

The resolution failed Friday on a tied vote of 3-3. Two board members were absent.

The resolution would have let school districts to “use their best discretion” in deciding whether to adopt the guidelines, and to do so only after “gathering input from teachers and parents whose children will be affected.”

Omaha board member Pat McPherson drafted the resolution in reaction to guidelines recently released by the Obama administration that say schools receiving federal education funding must allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms according to their expressed gender.