The U.S. Department of Education has given Maine a final warning to comply with an enforcement order to ban President Donald Trump's executive order from women's sports.
The DOE wrote to the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) on Monday to advise the final deadline of April 11 to either address the issue or risk a second referral to the Department of Justice. The Department of Health and Human Services had already introduced Maine to the DOJ last week.
“The Maine Department of Education's indifference to past, present and future female athletes is astounding. By refusing to comply with Title IX, MDOE enables women athletes to threaten the safety of their own.
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“Under previous control, enforcement was a fantastical proposal. No more. Trump Mcmahon Education Division is moving swiftly to ensure that federal funds do not support patently illegal practices that harm women and girls.”
Fox News Digital reached out to MDOE for comment.
HHS' Civil Rights Office announced Friday that it had introduced Maine's “violations” with Title IX rules to DOJs for enforcement, including the MDOE, the Main Principal Association and Greely High School.
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Main School Management District 51, home to Greeley High School, sparked national controversy among trans athletes after winning the Women's Pole Vault Competition in February, said Thursday it didn't comply and instead “follows state law and Maine's human rights law.”
The Maine Principals Association said in a statement that it was “bound to laws including the Maine Human Rights Act, which reflects our participation policies.”
Maine became the national battlefield over the issue shortly after the state showed its failure to comply with Trump's executive orders in early February.
The situation involving trans athletes at Greeley High School has attracted the public's attention after Maine Republican state legislator Laurel Libby identified the athlete in a photo in a social media post. Libby was later condemned by the Maine Legislature, and she later filed a lawsuit overturning it.
The issue with Maine became prime minister at a meeting of the National Association of Governors on February 20th. Trump threatened to cut federal funds to the state to avoid banning biological men from girls and women's sports.
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The next day, Mills' office responded with a statement threatening legal action against the Trump administration if it withholds federal funds from the state. Trump and Mills then spawned verbally in a widely publicized discussion at the White House during a bipartisan meeting of the governor.
Several protests against Mills have since been held outside the Capitol, and the University of Maine system has worked with the Trump administration to ensure trans athletes do not compete in women's sports after temporary funding has been suspended.
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