Trump admin rules UPenn violated Title IX, demands school return honors to female athletes
The University of Pennsylvania was unveiled to have violated Title IX by denying women equal opportunities by permitting males to compete in women s intercollegiate athletics and to occupy women-only intimate facilities the Schooling Department s Office for Civil Rights OCR communicated Monday The OCR disclosed it will give the university days to be in compliance with Title IX or hazard facing a criminal referral to the Justice Department CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM Little girls who look up to Riley Gaines and Paula Scanlan can find hope in the present day s action the Trump Administration will not allow male athletes to invade female private spaces or compete in female categories acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor reported in a news release UPenn has a choice to make do the right thing for its female students and come into full compliance with Title IX right away or continue to advance an extremist political project that violates federal antidiscrimination law and puts UPenn s federal funding at danger Fox News Digital reached out to the University of Pennsylvania for comment The OCR demanded that the school issue a comment on its intention to follow Title IX along with two other key actions MAINE STATE REP ASKS SUPREME COURT TO INTERVENE AMID BATTLE OVER TRANS ATHLETE POST Restore to all female athletes all individual athletic records titles honors awards or similar recognition for Division I swimming competitions misappropriated by male athletes competing in female categories Send a letter to each female athlete whose individual recognition is restored expressing an apology on behalf of the University for allowing her educational experience in athletics to be marred by sex discrimination The issue stemmed from Lia Thomas participation on the women s swim organization during the - season becoming the first transgender woman to win a national championship Thomas broke multiple records at the school as well Paula Scanlan a former teammate of Thomas at the time detailed to congressional lawmakers what she had to deal with in emotional testimony in Thomas was able to compete at the NCAA Division I women s level due to the organization's gender-participation program at the time President Donald Trump has since signed an executive order to ban biological males from women s and girls sports The NCAA altered its plan in an attempt to comply but women s sports advocates have announced the change didn t go far enough Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
