The Trump administration is suing over alleged Title IX violations after California refused to comply with a federal order banning transgender student-athletes in women’s sports.
July 9 The Trump administration sued California on Wednesday over alleged Title IX violations on transgender athletes after state officials refused to comply with a federal order banning trans student athletes in women’s sports.
It is something that Trump officials say is « unfair » and a « reckless endangerment. »
The U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division sued the state’s Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), which oversees the Golden State’s high school sports. The suit claims California exhibited a pattern of « illegal sex discrimination against female student athletes. »
« Title IX was enacted over half a century ago to protect women and girls from discrimination », said Assistant U.S. Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet K. Dhillon.
DOJ filed its 24-page suit in part to enforce the 1972 federal Title IX regulation that prohibits discrimination based on sex in any educational program or activity that gets federal money.
Fewer than 10 out of more than 5 million of California’s K-12 students were considered to be transgender and participating in school athletics, according to the governor’s office.
