The Trump administration on Friday launched a joint special investigation team between the Education Department and the Justice Department to address the influx of Title IX investigations into educational institutions, largely related to the participation of biological males in female sports.
The task force will seek to provide justice for “women and girls across this nation who have been subjected to discrimination and indignity in their educational activities.” The Trump administration characterized requiring female athletes to compete with biological males as a discriminatory practice.
The task force will allow the administration to rapidly work through complaints, which traditionally takes the Office for Civil Rights “months, even years” to complete, according to Education Secretary Linda McMahon.
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“OCR under this Administration has moved faster than it ever has, and
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