The Trump administration on Wednesday said California is defying federal law in permitting transgender girls to compete on girls’ school sports teams, escalating a roughly monthlong battle between the state and the White House over transgender students.
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said California’s Education Department and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), which governs high school sports in the state, were found to be “in clear violation” of Title IX following two separate investigations.
OCR opened an investigation into the CIF in February after the organization said it would not follow President Trump’s executive order to ban transgender student-athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams. In April, the federal departments of Education and Justice launched a joint investigation into California’s Education Department after receiving what Education Secretary Linda McMahon said was a “staggering number of complaints” about trans students in the state.
California state officials and the CIF have said implementing Trump’s order would conflict with state laws against discrimination, including for transgender young people. A 2013 California law explicitly allows trans students to participate in sports and use bathrooms and other school facilities that align with their gender identity.
The Justice Department is investigating whether that law, signed by former Gov. Jerry Brown (D), violates Title IX, the landmark civil rights law against sex discrimination in schools and education programs that receive federal funds.
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