The Department of Health and Human Services' Civil Rights Office says Maine's Department of Education cannot hide behind the Principals' Association to continue allowing men to play in women's sports.
In an astonishing announcement Monday, the Civil Rights Office said the Maine Department of Education, the Maine Principal Association and Greeley High School all violate Title IX.
As reported previously by Blaze News, male athletes from Greely High School in Cumberland, Maine placed number one in the women's pole vault competition at the main indoor track meet.
Just a week later, the second tragedy came when a male athlete won the podium from a female athlete at the Maine State Championships for Scandinavian Skiing in girls' high schools.
In both scenarios, the Main Principal Association is responsible for governing the state's high school sports and declared it against President Trump Presidential Order To prevent women's sports from permeating men.
“The Maine Department of Education must not avoid obligations under federal law…”
The HHS Civil Rights Bureau stated in it. press releaseHowever, all three of the state's mentioned offices violate Title IX and must be followed.
“The Maine Department of Education must not avoid its obligations under federal law by assigning control of extracurricular activities, programs and services to the Maine Principal Association,” said Anthony Arkeval, acting director of the Civil Rights Office. “We hope that the Maine Department of Education, the Maine Principal Association and Greeley High School will work with us to reach an agreement to restore equity in women's sports.”
The Civil Rights Bureau further cited the president's executive order, highlighting the protection of female student athletes. The office said it needed to protect women, saying they were “undressed or competed in front of men or appear to be visible.”
The federal mandate to withdraw funds from programs that failed to comply with executive orders, the Civil Rights Office, which protects women, has defended women and advocated a “greater initiative” to “restore biological truths” called “the issues of safety, equity, dignity, and truth.”
President Trump had cut funding for Maine's public universities for the ordeal consisting of seven universities and law schools. The University of Maine system has lost access to the reported $56.1 million active USDA grant.
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