Federal civil rights investigators have warned Maine officials that schools could lose federal aid for noncompliance.
The spring sports season is well underway, and Maine public schools are at risk of losing millions of dollars in public funding for refusing to prohibit males identifying as transgender from competing with females.
Federal civil rights investigators sent Maine officials two letters warning that schools could lose federal aid for noncompliance, and an April 11 deadline was set for referring the matter to the Department of Justice.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February prohibiting males from competing in female sports.
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation into the state’s Department of Education after a male student athlete at Greely High School won the indoor track pole vaulting state title in the girls’ division a year after that student competed in…
