California refuses to comply with Trump administration’s request to ban women from inter-athletes
California Department of Education officials on Monday refused to comply with the Trump administration’s request for transgender athletes from girls and women’s sports in response to the July 7 deadline after the federal civil rights investigation.
State officials formally rejected the conclusions of the Office of Civil Rights Investigation, which determined late last month that California violated the rights of female students and allowed transgender athletes to participate in sports based on their gender identity. Federal officials gave the state a 10-day compliance with the order and agreed to the proposed resolution.
“The California Department of Education … hereby disagrees with the OCR analysis, which will not sign the proposed resolution agreement,” Len Garfinkel, general counsel for the California agency, wrote in a brief communication.
In a federal requirement issued on June 25, non-compliance with unspecified “imminent law enforcement actions.”
Education Secretary Linda McMahon commented on California’s refusal in a social media post on Monday.
“California just rejected our resolution agreement to comply with federal law and to disengage men from the women’s movement,” McMahon wrote at 12:08 pm. “It turns out that the recognition of the Governor’s News Agency is ‘this is a matter of fairness’ is empty political grandeur. General Pam Bundy.
McMahon’s post hints at comments from Gov. Gavin Newsom, who expressed sympathy for those who opposed trans girls in sports against Sisgd girls, calling it a question of fairness.
President Trump has repeatedly threatened to withhold federal funds from California, and in several cases his appointees have taken action on various issues, including the existence of national programs that promote racial diversity and the denial of state and local officials to work with immigrants seeking to detain unaccredited immigrants.
The legal challenges of these actions include more than twenty lawsuits involving California. In some cases, the Trump administration has successfully blocked or cancelled certain funds. In other cases, the judge prevented the government from ordering the restoration of the dollar.
In the confrontation, the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Office began investigating the California Interschool Federation or CIF in February, which oversees sports in more than 1,500 middle schools after organizing its policy that allows transgender students to meet their gender identity.
The survey was later expanded to include the California Department of Education and local school districts.
In late June, the Trump administration called on California to “voluntarily agree” to change its determined “illegal practices” within 10 days.
Under the proposed resolution agreement, California must receive all federal funds for implementing the interschool athletic program to all recipients, who must comply with the Trump administration’s interpretation of Title IX.
The notice must state that “Title IX and its implementation regulations prohibit schools from allowing men to participate in female sports and occupy female intimate facilities”, while recipients of federal funds “must adopt the definitions of “male” and “female” and “female” based on biology. Transparent.
On Monday, the CIF responded another time, rejecting federal requests.
California and federal officials view the civil rights of transgender students through different lenses and conflicts over laws under federal law, commonly known as Title IX, which prohibits discrimination based on gender.
Supporters of trans athletes show off their “Save Women’s Sports” shirts on the left outside the Riverside Unified School District to debate the rights of trans athletes in December.
(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
Defenders of LGBTQ+ rights say Title IX protection should be extended to gender identity to include trans girls.
Nearly twenty states, including California, have laws that allow transgender students to participate in sports based on their gender identity. Other states prohibit this participation.
To address the issue of athletes losing to awards, CIF proposed a plan on May 27 that repeated the awards when trans athletes win competitions.
In the new process, if a trans athlete does not compete, the athlete who won the award will receive the same recognition as her. This approach applies to state competitions, where 16-year-old Julopa Valley High School trans-sex junior AB Hernandez won multiple medals at the State High School Track and Field Championships.
However, the new CIF policy does not address team sports, where it is difficult to assess the impact of individual trans athletes. The policy also did not trace back to rewrite past match results.
