The athletics of Maine’s high school was involved in another trans-Attacht controversy, since state legislators have fought against the executive order of President Donald Trump that prohibits biological men of women’s women and sports.
The last problem occurred in the State Nordic Ski Championship. Soren Stark-Chessa ended in third and fourth place in the Free Style C class and classic classic competitions, respectively, according to the Independent Women’s Sports Council (icons).
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The athlete helped Maine cost Waldorf to third place in female competition. Stark-Chessa has been one of the main skiers of the state, gaining honors of Main’s container in western Maine in the female Nordic skiing during the 2023-24 season, according to the Sun-Journal.
The athletic director of the school, Susan Sonntag, defended the participation of Stark-Chessa against secondary schools in 2023 in a statement to the Daily Mail. However, Trump’s executive order and his public dispute with the governor of Maine Janet Mills The gender participation policy of the State under the microscope.
Trump threatened to eliminate federal funds from Maine’s schools if the policy of allowing boys to participate in girls sports posts. Mills replied that he would see Trump in court for the ruling.
The rules of the Association of Directors of Maine (MPA) declared that a possible student athlete must “declare their gender identity to their School of Members if their gender identity differs from the sex of the student assigned to birth.” The rules declared that the school has “the only authority to determine the assignment of gender identity for the purposes of athletic registry and participation in events sponsored by MPA”.
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In addition, “medical records or official documents will not be requested to establish a student’s gender identity.”
The Department of Education launched an investigation of the Title IX on Maine.
Republican state representative Laurel Libby appeared in “The Ricky Cobb Show” of outkick earlier this week and described the rules of the “extreme” state.
“That is the policy that Governor Mills is defending against President Trump,” Libby said. “It is very extreme. It is an atypical case even among other states that have similar policies. And it is an extreme position that the main ones do not admit.
“Not only is this extreme policy supporting, its position could cost the State $ 250 million for Maine schools and that is the money we need to provide education to Maine’s children. It is a two for how this hits our state and Our state.
Libby described the “incredibly broad” policy and pointed out a problem that the State has recently seen about a transgender athlete who won a state title in the pole jump of the girls.
