The Trump administration concluded following a review that Maine violated Title IX protections by allowing transgender student-athletes to take part in women’s sporting competitions, The New York Times reports.
The federal Office for Civil Rights has issued a “notice of violation” to the Maine Department of Education saying the state had failed to comply with Title IX following the executive order that prohibits transgender athletes from participating in sports for women.
The notice claims that Maine violated Title IX “by denying female student-athletes in the State of Maine an equal opportunity to participate in and obtain the benefits of participation ‘in any interscholastic, intercollegiate, club or intramural athletics’ offered by the state by allowing male athletes to compete against female athletes in current and future athletic events.”
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