Or they will risk losing federal funding.
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The State of California has 10 days to agree to do away with biological males from girls’ school sports or lose federal funding, according to the Trump administration, saying that the State transgender-eligibility policy violates federal law.
The Washington Times reported that an investigation by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights found that the California Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation are “in clear violation of Title IX,” the federal civil rights law banning sex discrimination in education.
“Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 requires schools to ensure equal opportunities for girls, including in athletic activities, but California has actively prevented this equality of opportunity by allowing males in girls’ sports and intimate spaces,” the department said in a statement.
The Federal department recommended resolution agreement calls for state officials to inform all public schools that Title IX forbids them from permitting males in female sports or “female intimate facilities,” and that they should implement “biology-based definitions of the words ‘male’ and ‘female.’’’
According to The Times, the agreement also compels the state to cancel policies permitting male-born athletes to compete in female sports, reinstate any awards and records “misappropriated by male athletes competing in female competitions” and apologize to each affected girl for “allowing her educational experience to be marred by sex discrimination.”
State officials have 10 days to apply the changes or “risk imminent enforcement action, including referral to the U.S. Department of Justice for proceedings,” the Education Department said.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said she is at odds with California Gov. Gavin Newsom. On one hand he said he is concerned about transgender athletes competing in girls’ sports, yet recently a male-born student played and won two girls’ track and field titles.
“It’s very interesting to hear Gov. Newsom say that it’s a matter of fairness,” Ms. McMahon said Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends.” “It’s easy. Talk is cheap, but I think he needs to put his money where his mouth is.”
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