The US Ministry of Education has given Maine a last warning to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban trans athletes from girls’ sports.
Doe sent a letter to the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) on Monday and advised a final deadline on April 11 to tackle the question or risk another reference to the Ministry of Justice. The Department of Health and Human Services already referred Maine to DOJ last week.
“The Maine Department of Education’s indifference to her past, current and future female athletes is astonishing. By refusing to comply with section IX, MDOE-factually allows, encourages-meeting competitors to threaten the security of female athletes, unlawfully getting girls’ hard-earned recognized and refusing women equal opportunities for educational activities as they are guaranteed.
CLICK HERE for more sports cover at Foxnews.com
“Under previous administrations, enforcement was an illusory proposal. No more. Trump-McMahon Education Department moves rapidly to ensure that federal funds no longer support patent illegal practices that harm women and girls.”
Pakinomist Digital has reached MDOE for comment.
HHS’s Office for Civil Rights announced Friday that it had referred Main’s “non -compliance” with Title IX Rules To the DOJ for enforcement, including MDOE, Maine Principal’s Association and Greely High School, in which a Trans athlete who won a girls’ polehvell competition participates.
California’s legislator warns Democrats of consequences not to protect girls’ sports from trans athletes
Maine School Administrative District 51, home to Greely High School, where a transgender athlete introduced national controversy after winning a girls’ polehvell competition in February, said Thursday the was not complied with And will instead “continue to follow the State Act and Maine Human Rights Act.”
Maine Principals’ Association said in a statement that it is also “bound by the law, including Maine Human Rights Act, which our participation policy reflects.”
Maine has become a national battlefield during the question shortly after the state stated in early February that it would not follow Trump’s executive order.
The situation involving the Trans at Greely High School attracted national attention after Maine Republican State Rep. Laurel Libby identified the athlete by name with a photograph in a social media post. Libby was later censored by the Maine legislation, and she has since brought a lawsuit to overturn it.
The question with Maine came up with a meeting of the National Governors Association on February 20, when Trump threatened to cut federal funding to the state so as not to ban biological men from girls and women’s sports.
The next day, Mills’ office responded with a statement that threatened lawsuits against the Trump administration if it detained federal funding from the state. Then, Trump and Mills sparred verbally in a broadly published argument in the White House during a top species meeting with governors.
Since then, several protests against Mills have been held outside the state capital, and the Maine University system has cooperated with the Trump administration to ensure that no trans athletes compete in women’s sports after a temporary financing break.