Add Title IX Charges of Gender Discrimination Against Girls to Tim Walz’s Woes

Last I checked, the U.S. counts 50 states, but one of them just can’t stay out of the news. 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) yesterday notified the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) that cases against both Minnesota agencies are now being referred to the Department of Justice (DOJ). That’s quite the alphabet, isn’t it? 

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So, what’s the big kerfuffle about? Minnesota, apparently, continues to refuse to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The state still allows males to compete in girls’ sports and to access female-only facilities, including restrooms and locker rooms. Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of