The Trump administration has abolished $175 million in federal funds University of Pennsylvania Fox Business reported exclusively on Wednesday morning by including trans athletes in women's sports.
Ivy League University is currently risking losing all federal funds in its investigation Potential Title IX violation.
Riley Gaines, now a spokesman for the Independent Women's Forum, has left Lea Thomas, famously named after Lia Thomas, who placed fifth in the freestyle final in the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship. (Brett Davis Usan Today Sports)
A senior administration official told Fox Business that the government has suspended $175 million in federal funds. This did not take into account the total funding of UPENN federal funds previously reported by the university last year.
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The pause is not a direct result of UPenn's investigation. This was announced by the Ministry of Education the day after the president signed an executive order “Excludes men from women's sports” on February 5th.
The representative vice-secretary of civil rights trainers said in a statement provided by the department last month that three agencies will be investigated for alleged violations of Title IX.
In addition to Upenn, San Jose State University, After several schools refused to play with women's volleyball teams for trans athletes on the roster, they made headlines in the fall, and the Scholastic Athletic Association is also being investigated for alleged violations between Massachusetts.
San Jose State Spartan No. 3 Blair Fleming is turning his eyes on his third set with the Air Force Falcons at East Gym's Falcon Court on October 19, 2024 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)
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Upenn made headlines for the first time during the 2022 season, when transgender student-athlete Lia Thomas was placed on the women's team and eventually won the National Championship title in the women's 500-yard freestyle.
Thomas was also linked to the original. Kentucky Swimmer Riley Gaines Thomas was fifth in the 200-yard freestyle that year, but was probably the one who received the trophy during the awards ceremony.
Thomas' participation sparked national debate surrounding girls and women's sports. This has seen several states under the Trump administration that are at odds with federal law.
Texas swimmers Erica Sullivan and Evie Pfeiffer embrace the past by Leah Thomas, the 500 freestyle winner, during the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship held at the Macauley Aquatic Center in Atlanta on March 17, 2022. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Last week, US Department of Agriculture Suspended funds The University of Maine System, a network of eight public universities in the state, days later, U.S. Senator Susan Collins' office said the funding freeze had reversed.
Furthermore, this week, Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill. He asked the Trump administration to withdraw federal funds from Illinois school districts after accusing one mother of forcing her 13-year-old daughter's school to change in front of another trans student in the girl's locker room.
Upenn posted several statements online as the university supported cutting federal funding. Fox News Digital contacted the university Wednesday following its latest report on funding cuts.
Hillary Voughn of Fox Business contributed to this report.
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