Trump’s Dept. of Education Launches Probe into California Transgender Athletes Policy

President Donald Trump’s Department of Education (ED) on Thursday announced an investigation into the California Community College Athletic Association (3C2A) over allegations it allows transgender-identifying males to play on female sports teams in violation of Title IX. 

ED launched the probe the same week the Supreme Court heard two cases about state laws banning males, including ones who claim to be transgender, from playing on teams designated for women and girls. The investigation is in addition to another 18 Title IX investigation ED launched this week spanning ten states.

The department is specifically looking into 3C2A’s “Transgender Participation Policy,” which states that “a trans[gender] female…or non-binary student-athlete who has completed at least one calendar year of testosterone suppression treatment…may compete on a women’s team.” The