The Department of Education announced an investigation on Friday into the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) due to allegations it allows transgender-identifying males to compete in female sports, in violation of civil rights law prohibiting sex discrimination.
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened the Title IX investigation after receiving a complaint from the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), a nonprofit that says it seeks to “advanc[e] policies that put the American people first” with guiding principles including “liberty, free enterprise, and national greatness.”
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“In the last six months, the Trump Administration has made historic strides in cleaning up the countless failures of the Biden Administration, including the prior Administration’s dedication to gender ideology extremism. Oregon appears to have missed the message: The Trump Administration will not allow educational institutions that receive federal funds to continue trampling upon women’s rights,” Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said.
“If Oregon is permitting males to compete in women’s sports, it is allowing these males to steal the accolades and opportunities that female competitors have rightfully earned through hard work and grit, while callously disregarding women’s and girls’ safety, dignity, and privacy. Title IX does not permit that shameful arrangement, and we will not tolerate it,” Trainor added.
The AFPI filed its own lawsuit this week against the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) on behalf of two Oregon student-athletes who were allegedly punished for silently protesting a transgender-identifying male competing in girls’ sports.
“Thanks to Secretary McMahon’s leadership, this investigation is moving forward a