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FIRST ON FOX: The US Department of Education (ED) celebrates one year of its fight to keep biological males out of women’s and girls’ sports.
Just over 13 months after President Donald Trump signed the “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order, ED is touting its victories in enforcing that executive order and several other education-based initiatives under Trump that will be celebrated throughout the week.
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United States President Donald Trump signs the ‘No Men in Women’s Sports’ executive order in the East Room of the White House on February 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“Just over a year ago, we saw men claiming victories in women’s athletics. Colleges and universities were more focused on diversity, equity and inclusion than ensuring graduates were prepared for success in life after graduation. Institutions required DEI statements from faculty and held separate affinity graduation ceremonies for students,” Ed Digital said in a statement to Pakinomist.
“Academic standards were falling, admissions were skewed to favor race over merit, and students were graduating with massive piles of debt and degrees leading to no job prospects. Today, institutions of higher education are changing the game because President Trump is bringing back America’s golden age — shifting the culture and restoring our nation’s institutions to greatness.”
Since Trump’s executive order on women’s sports last February, several states and institutions have changed their policies to ensure that only female athletes can compete in the women’s category. This includes the governing body of American college sports, the NCAA and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).
Meanwhile, the University of Pennsylvania and Wagner College entered into resolution agreements with the ED to resolve previous Title IX violations related to trans athletes on the UPenn women’s swim team and the Wagner women’s fencing team.
In addition, Harvard removed its previous transgender inclusion policy from the university handbook after the NCAA updated its policy, and Trinity University publicly updated its transgender participation policy for intercollegiate athletics in March 2025, limiting competition in women’s sports to student-athletes who were assigned female at birth.
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“Thanks to the Trump administration, collegiate female athletes can once again compete on a level playing field and share locker rooms based on biological sex,” ED said.
The administration is still continuing its crackdown on other entities that have not yet fully complied.
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is engaged in lawsuits against state agencies in Maine and California after both states refused to comply with Trump and continue to allow male athletes to participate in girls’ high school sports.
ED is at loggerheads with San Jose State University after the university declined to resolve alleged Title IX violations for its handling of a transgender former volleyball player. SJSU and the California State University system instead decided to sue the Trump administration in an attempt to avoid sanctions for its alleged violation.
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But Education Secretary Linda McMahon has confirmed that SJSU will not be let off the hook, giving the school an ultimatum to address its alleged violations by the end of the month or risk cutting federal funding and a referral to the DOJ.
The ED has also opened investigations in several other entities across the country, including school districts in Colorado, New York, specific districts in California and the University of Nevada, Reno.
