Trump’s Education Dept. Announces Investigation After Boy Wins High School Girls’ Pole Vault Competition in Maine

Trump’s Education Dept. Announces Investigation After Boy Wins High School Girls’ Pole Vault Competition in Maine


The U.S. Department of Education announced an investigation into the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) amid allegations that it continues to allow males to play on female sports teams in defiance of President Donald Trump’s executive order.

The investigation comes after Maine school sports officials publicly said last week that they planned to defy Trump’s order protecting women and girls’ sports and spaces in favor of a state law recognizing “gender identity.” Subsequently, a transgender-identifying boy won a high school girls’ pole vault competition in the state on Monday.

“Maine would have you believe that it has no choice in how it treats women and girls in athletics—that is, that it must follow its state laws and allow male athletes to compete against

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