The Trump administration is investigating the Portland, Oregon, school system for its stance on allowing a transgender athlete to play on a girls’ track team in contravention of the administration’s orders banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports.
The Dept of Ed sent a letter to Kimberlee Armstrong, superintendent of Portland Public Schools, as well as the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA), informing them that the federal government finds them in violation of Title IX rules protecting girls from sex discrimination, according to The Hill.
The DoE says that Leodis V. McDaniel High School has allowed a transgender athlete to play as a girl for the last two seasons.
The school risks losing federal funding for breaking the Title IX rules, after President Trump signed an
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