DHHS refers Maine to Justice Department for enforcement regarding ‘noncompliance with Title IX’

Maine Republican Moves to Hold Schools and Superintendents More Accountable

A Winterport Republican has introduced a bill that limits the immunity of the state’s education system. The bill’s public hearing on Monday afternoon comes in the middle of a political storm sweeping across Maine schools that includes a recent sexual assault in Buxton and the national fight over trans athletes which has pitted the state’s [...] The post Maine Republican Moves to Hold Schools and Superintendents More Accountable appeared first on…

Trump admin refers Maine's 'noncompliance with Title IX' to DOJ amid row over trans athletes

Maine has thumbed its nose at Trump's executive order to keep trans athletes out of girls' and women's sports The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on Friday said it referred Maine's "noncompliance" with Title IX rules to the Justice Department for enforcement. Maine has continued to defy President Donald Trump's executive order to ban trans athletes from women's and girls' sports. The HHS gave the…

Joe Rogan Slams Democrat Lawmaker For Claiming ‘Female Bodies’ Equal To ‘Male Bodies’

Popular podcast host Joe Rogan criticized Democratic Pennsylvania State Sen. Lindsey Williams on Friday for saying the female body is equivalent to the male body. Williams made the claim during testimony Wednesday at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in opposition to the Save Women’s Sports Act, which would prohibit biological males from participating in female sports, according to Fox […] Joe Rogan Slams Democrat Lawmaker For Claiming ‘Female Bodi…

Trump admin refers Maine's 'noncompliance with Title IX' to DOJ amid fight over trans athletes

The Trump administration upped the ante in its fight with Maine over the state's continued allowance of biological males in girls' and women's sports.

HHS refers Maine’s Title IX violation to the Department of Justice

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday took the next step in challenging Maine’s rules for transgender athletes, referring its violation finding against the state to the Department of Justice for enforcement in court. The HHS Office of Civil Rights on March 17 found Maine in violation of Title IX after determining that the Maine Principals’ Association, which oversees high schools sports in the state, and Greely High School i…

DHHS refers Maine to Justice Department for enforcement regarding ‘noncompliance with Title IX’

The action comes a day after state officials refused to sign a proposed agreement to stop allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls' high school sports.