The Department of Education’s civil rights division has announced that it is initiating Title IX investigations into Maine’s Department of Education following allegations of violations related to President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has sent a letter to the Maine Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin, stating that OCR is launching a directed investigation into the Maine Department of Education (MDOE). The investigation is in response to claims that MDOE is allowing male athletes to compete in girls’ interscholastic athletics and denying female athletes access to female-only intimate facilities, which could be in violation of federal antidiscrimination law.
