The Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services of President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the Department of Education of Maine, the Association of Directors of Maine and the Greely High School are violating title IX by violating their executive order to keep trans athletes out of the girls’ sports.
The Main Association of Maine issued a response to the announcement on Tuesday, to Pak Gazette Digital.
“The alleged violation is due to MPA’s policy, which is a direct result of Maine’s human rights laws, the mandate that athletes can participate in the teams that are aligned with their gender identity. MPA’s policy is consistent with Maine’s state law,” the answer is read.
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“The determination that MPA has violated the title IX first requires that the MPA be in Title IX due to receiving direct or indirect funds from the federal government. In short, a small part of our funds comes from 151 member schools that receive most of its property taxes and the state. Most of the funds come from ticket sales, sales, backs, transmission, transmission, transmission, television, television and the other. Jurisdiction of Title IX on MPA “.
The DHHS has said that Maine has 10 days to solve the problem through a signed agreement or risk derivation to the United States Department of Justice for appropriate actions. The MPA added in his response that he expects the issue to be discussed in Maine’s legislature.
“MPA expects a solid debate in Maine’s legislature to determine the future of its policy on this subject. We urge all parties to this issue to issue their questions, concerns, thoughts or opinions to those who belong; in a respectful debate in public hearings on the bills that address this issue,” reads the statement.
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“As always, we urge public members to maintain this debate among adults and let our children be children. Please, they do not stand out any of our athletes students, they only support the policy that Maine’s human rights law demands”
HHS delivered a violation notice to MAINE STATE On February 25 and declared that the State violated title IX by allowing Trans athletes to compete in Sports Girls, Pak Gazette Digital reported. Later, HHS expanded the scope of the investigation to include the Association of Directors of Maine and Grelyly High School.
The State has become a heated battlefield for the national debate about trans athletes in girls’ sports, after state legislator Laurel Libby pointed out an incident that occurred when a biological man won a pole jumping competition for girls for Grely High School in early February.
Trump then promised to cut funds to the State for refusing to follow his order on February 20, during a meeting of governors of the Republican party.
The Office of the Governor of Maine Mills responded with a statement that threatened the legal actions against the Trump administration if it retained the federal funds of the State the next day. Then Trump and Mills headed verbally on a widely publicized argument in the White House during a bipartisan meeting of governors.
Only a few hours after that interaction, the United States Department of Education announced that investigate the State to allow Trans athletes to compete in girls sports and for possible violations of title IX.
Mills, in congruence with the Association of Directors of Maine, argues that Trump’s executive order conflicts with the current human rights law of Maine. As a result, after the executive order it would challenge state law, which currently allows athletic participation based on the declared gender identity of the person.
“No president, Republican or Democrat, can retain authorized federal funds and appropriate by Congress and paid by Maine’s taxpayers in an attempt to force someone to fulfill their will,” Mills said in a statement when the HHS initially announced his investigation. “It is a violation of our Constitution and our laws, which I made an oath to defend.”
