{"id":2433490,"date":"2025-05-12T05:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T09:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-takes-aim-at-schools-and-states-resisting-title-ix-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T05:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T09:24:34","slug":"trump-administration-takes-aim-at-schools-and-states-resisting-title-ix-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-takes-aim-at-schools-and-states-resisting-title-ix-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration takes aim at schools and states resisting Title IX &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-administration-takes-aim-at-schools-and-states-resisting-title-ix-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2433490&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses actions taken by the Trump administration to address transgender policies in schools under Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in educational settings. Early in his presidency, Trump initiated federal investigations and lawsuits against various states and schools across the U.S.that were perceived as violating Title IX regarding gender identity. This sparked renewed debate over the interpretation of Title IX, particularly following former President Obama&#8217;s guidance in 2016 that extended protections to transgender students.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration&#8217;s push to revert to a interpretation rooted in biological sex was solidified under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, leading to enforceable rules by 2020. After President Biden&#8217;s efforts to expand protections were curtailed by court rulings, the Trump administration resumed enforcement of earlier policies with the Department of Justice actively pursuing legal challenges\u2014including a important lawsuit against Maine questioning its compliance with Title IX.<\/p>\n<p>Recent investigations include one focused on Washington State&#8217;s policies regarding transgender students in sports, which Secretary of Education Linda McMahon claims violate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-recall-petition-close-to-success\/\" title=\"Newsom Recall Petition Close To Success\">parental rights<\/a> and female athletes&#8217; fairness. As this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/law-firm-makes-dei-fellowship-open-for-all-after-lawsuit-alleged-discrimination\/\" title=\"Law firm opens DEI fellowship to all following discrimination lawsuit.\">legal landscape evolves<\/a>, the reception to these actions is mixed, with some advocating for stricter enforcement of rules, suggesting public sentiment in favor of supporting female athletes. the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing ...\">ongoing legal challenges<\/a> could reach the Supreme Court, further shaping the future of Title IX and transgender rights in schools.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump administration takes aim at schools and states resisting Title IX<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2083500\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is laying the groundwork to rein in transgender policies in educational institutions by launching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/title-ix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Title IX<\/a> investigations and lawsuits across the country during his first few months in office.<\/p>\n<p>From Maine to Washington State, the Education and Justice departments&rsquo; recent actions against states and schools are setting the stage for an intensifying debate that could end up before the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3407113\/harmeet-dhillon-conservative-lawyers-civil-rights-cases\/\">&#8216;Fork in the road&#8217;: Harmeet Dhillon calls on conservative lawyers to take on more civil rights cases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3407636\/eric-adams-documents-reveal-mayor-welcomed-foreign-contributions\/\">Newly unsealed Eric Adams documents reveal mayor &#8216;welcomed&#8217; foreign contributions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3407127\/trump-administration-habeas-corpus-suspension-illegal-immigration-crackdown\/\">Trump considering suspending habeas corpus for illegal immigration crackdown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>At the center of the fight is a question over whether Title IX, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-mocked-after-bragging-she-told-ukraine-president-zelensky-that-billie-jean-king-sends-her-regards\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi Mocked After Bragging She Told Ukraine President Zelensky that Billie Jean King Sends Her Regards\">civil rights law passed<\/a> in 1972 that prevents sex discrimination in schools, legally includes protections for students who say they are transgender.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How we got here<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama sparked the conversation in 2016 when he issued a &ldquo;Dear Colleague&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/file\/850986\/dl?inline=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">letter<\/a> declaring that Title IX&rsquo;s ban on sex discrimination extended to gender identity. The letter, while not legally enforceable, directed schools receiving federal funds to let students use bathrooms or participate in sports that corresponded to their gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>The first Trump administration quashed those efforts and began a tedious process to implement Education Department rules that included requiring schools to adhere to a longstanding interpretation of Title IX that was based on biological sex.<\/p>\n<p>The rules, spearheaded by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, became enforceable in 2020. Former President Joe Biden moved to unravel those rules as part of an effort to reinterpret Title IX, including by attempting to allow transgender athletes at federally funded schools to participate in sports that corresponded to their gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>However, court injunctions, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3281813\/court-blocks-biden-title-ix-rule-that-would-have-allowed-males-in-womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">final blow<\/a> from a federal judge in Kentucky in January, wiped out Biden&rsquo;s rules, leaving the second Trump administration a clear path when it took over to resume enforcement of DeVos&rsquo;s rules immediately.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&rsquo;s happening now<\/h2>\n<p>At the forefront of the reignited Title IX fights is a lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice in Maine that alleges the state&rsquo;s Department of Education is out of compliance with Title IX.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They must not be reading the same Title IX we&rsquo;re reading,&rdquo; Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3381753\/bondi-announces-doj-lawsuit-maine-trans-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> at a press conference last month announcing the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Maine responded this week by denying that it was in violation of Title IX, alleging that Trump&rsquo;s executive orders declaring that only two sexes exist carried no legal weight and arguing to the court that the lawsuit was unconstitutional on numerous grounds.<\/p>\n<p>A judge said the case could be ready for trial by Dec. 3, meaning the case could be the first to make it to the Supreme Court. Bondi warned that California and Minnesota could face similar lawsuits soon.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the high court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2708247\/biden-administration-using-supreme-courts-bostock-to-reshape-discrimination-law-nationwide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">weighed in<\/a> on Title VII, which governs workplace rules. The 6-3 decision in <em>Bostock v. Clayton County<\/em> found that gender identity was protected under Title VII, but the Supreme Court has not weighed in on Title IX.<\/p>\n<p>Legal fights typically originate with investigations in the Education Department before they are moved under the DOJ&rsquo;s purview.<\/p>\n<p>On April 30, the Education Department launched an investigation into Washington State, first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3396773\/education-department-title-ix-investigation-washington-state\/\">reported<\/a> by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, which alleged that its superintendent office was adopting policies in schools that allowed boys in locker rooms and on sports teams that were exclusive to girls.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Washington State appears to use its position of authority to coerce its districts into hiding &lsquo;gender identity&rsquo; information from students&rsquo; parents and to adopt policies to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >covertly smuggle gender ideology<\/a> into the classroom, confusing students and letting boys into girls&rsquo; sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms,&rdquo; Education Secretary Linda McMahon said of the inquiry. &ldquo;If true, these are clear violations of parental rights and female equality in athletics, which are protected by federal laws that will be enforced by the Trump Administration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This week, the Education Department announced a probe into Western Carolina University after activist Payton McNabb, a former student, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/paytonmcnabb_\/status\/1786139675687518518\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">posted<\/a> a viral video to social media that appeared to show a man in a women&rsquo;s bathroom. The North Carolina college responded in a statement that it was &ldquo;compliant with all current state and federal regulations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Saratoga Springs City School District in New York is among several other entities that have recently drawn scrutiny from the department over Title IX compliance.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reception<\/h2>\n<p>Addressing Trump targeting her state, Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3392418\/how-local-trump-funding-power-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> local news there were &ldquo;maybe two&rdquo; two transgender athletes in Maine and then shifted the conversation to sexual assault policies, which are also governed by Title IX.<\/p>\n<p>Alleigh Marre, an executive director at the advocacy group American Parents Coalition, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that regardless of the sparse occurrences of transgender students, the investigations and lawsuits over the matter were still critical to guarding female students&rsquo; privacy in locker rooms and bathrooms and their ability to compete fairly on sports teams.<\/p>\n<p>Just because the number is low, &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t mean that we make exemptions and exceptions that put other people in danger or open the door for bad actors to take advantage of those policies, and that&rsquo;s absolutely, unequivocally what&rsquo;s happening,&rdquo; Marre said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3381753\/bondi-announces-doj-lawsuit-maine-trans-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">BONDI ANNOUNCES LAWSUIT AGAINST MAINE OVER TRANSGENDER SPORTS DISPUTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She also noted that the Trump administration&rsquo;s positions on gender ideology were popular, citing a <a href=\"https:\/\/americanparentscoalition.org\/new-poll-mainers-support-protecting-girls-sports\/\">poll<\/a> her group conducted in Maine in March that showed a majority of respondents in the blue-leaning state tended to want stricter rules in place regarding gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s of course the nuts and bolts, in the weeds, legal piece &hellip; but then there&rsquo;s also the broader, big P, political side of it and public opinion,&rdquo; Marre said. &ldquo;And that has been extremely clear, even in a state like Maine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2083500\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2083500\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump administration targets schools defying Title IX policies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2433491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP24238531939244-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51752,35136,40445,33591,3634],"class_list":["post-2433490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-administration-actions","tag-education-policy","tag-states-rights","tag-title-ix","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP24238531939244-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2433490"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2433494,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433490\/revisions\/2433494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2433491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2433490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2433490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2433490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}