As Maine continues to be a focal point of the debate of the sports culture on transgender athletes in women’s sports, the superintendent of the State’s public schools, Ryan Scallon, has said his piece on the situation.
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it found the Department of Education of Maine, the Association of Directors of Maine and Grelyly High School, in violation of Title IX, after an investigation into the inclusion of transmission in girls sports.
“What HHS is Asking of the Maine Department of Education, The Maine Main ‘Association (MPA) and Grely High School is simple-Protect Female Athletes’ Rights. Girls Desserve Girls-Only Sports Without Male Competitions. And IF Maine Won’t Come To The Table to Voluntarily To Voluntarily Title IX, HHS Will Enforce Title IX To The Fullest Extent allowed by The Law, “OCR Acting Director Anthony Archeval Said in A Statement To Pak Gazette Digital.
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However, there has been a setback in this finding, as well as the HHS warning that the State has 10 days to correct its policies through a signed agreement or risk derivation to the United States Department of Justice, of several Maine authorities, which now includes Scallon.
The Superintendent compared the battle of current transgender athletes to pass the problems of civil rights of the United States during a recent statement.
“In the history of our country, there have been many civil rights struggles, included, but not limited, fighting for the rights of women to vote, for racial equality and for homosexual marriage. In each of these fights, the opposition in part was promoted by fear in attempts to ostracize other people who look, act or believe in something different.
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“Today, I see that this happens again with transgender or non -binary students, and in particular, our transgender athletes. When I arrived in this district, I focused on the work of educating students in improving our results. I was not interested in speaking proactively in social matters or political matters. That said it is simply unacceptable that there are efforts of our federal government, and some in our state, to the population of a student, to the population of a student, to the population of a student That it is less possible that the students of students, and in our state, to the population of a student, to whom it must be taken into account that the federal government, and in our state, to which there are less political affairs.
“In the light of this, I can’t continue sitting in silence.”
The Association of Directors of Maine issued an answer to Pak Gazette Digital after Monday’s OCR announcement.
The state representative of Maine Laurel Libby, on the right, sounds the alarm for the challenge of the state of the executive order of President Donald Trump demanding the end of the biological men who compete in women’s sports. (Getty/Maine representatives house)
“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.
The Trump administration expanded its investigation of the Title IX on Maine last week, citing violations of the executive order of President Donald Trump that indicates that biological men cannot compete in women’s sports in educational and sports institutions.
The executive order of Trump 14201, better known as “keeping men outside women’s sports,” was signed to “protect student athletes, in the category of women, to have to” compete with or against or have to see that fail in the established policy established in the establishment of this order “”.
Republican legislators in Maine asked Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, who complies with Trump’s executive order with millions in federal funds for K-12 threatened schools as a result of not doing so.
The governor of Maine Janet Mills and President Donald Trump in the White House. (Getty images)
“If Maine’s Democrats continue to double biological men to participate in girls’ sports, our students can lose hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds. Governor. [Janet] Mills and legislative democrats have a renewed opportunity to do the right thing, to guarantee restored financing and a fair and level playing field for Maine’s girls, “said state representative Laurel Libby, R – Auburn, last Thursday.
Libby became an outstanding figure in this Maine debate after publishing a pole jumper of the Grely high school on social networks. The Pole jumper competed as recently as June 2024 as a biological man, and ended up winning a state championship as a woman.
The Democrats in the Maine State Legislature censored Libby for the post, which showed the athlete competing as a man, while next to an image of the athlete won the female competition of volume of posts in the Interior Championship of the MAINE class B in February in February.
Trump called Maine shortly after Libby’s post began to cause debate. Trump had a public discussion with Governor Mills in the White House, where he threatened with state funds if Maine did not “clean it.” Mills replied that he would see Trump “in court.”
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.”
