The Trump administration arrested $ 175 million in federal funds for the University of Pennsylvania Regarding its inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports, Fox Business reported exclusively on Wednesday morning.
The Ivy League University now runs the risk of losing all its federal funds in the middle of an investigation into Possible Violations of Title IX.
Riley Gaines, now a spokesman for the Independent Women’s Forum, tied Lia Thomas, left, for the fifth place in the 200 free style in the NCAA swimming and diving championships. (Brett Davis-USA Today Sports)
A senior administration official told Fox Business that the administration has stopped $ 175 million in federal funds. This did not account for the total federal financing of UPENN, which the University previously reported last year was around $ 1 billion.
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Pause is not a direct result of UPENN investigation, which the Department of Education announced one day after the president signed the executive order to “keep men out of women’s sports” on February 5.
Craig Trainor’s civil rights secretary said in a statement provided by the department last month that three institutions would be investigated due to suspicions of violations of Title IX.
In addition to Upenn, San José State University, What reached the headlines in the fall after several schools refused to play the female volleyball team due to a trans athlete on the list, and the Massachusetts interscolstic athletic association is also being investigated for alleged violations.
Blaire Fleming, #3 of the Spartans of the State of San José, observes during the third set against the Falcons of the Air Force in Falcon Court in East Gym on October 19, 2024 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)
The legislator of the Republican party urp Trump to obtain funds for the school accused of making girls change in front of trans students
Upenn first reached the headlines during the 2022 season when Lia Thomas, a transgender student athlete, was placed on the women’s team and finally won a national championship title in the freestyle of 500 female yards.
Thomas would also join with the previous Kentucky Riley Gaines Swimmer For fifth place in the 200 yards freesty that year, although Thomas would be the one who only received the trophy during the awards ceremony.
The participation of Thomas caused a national debate around the sports of girls and women, which, under the Trump administration, has seen several states in disagreement with the federal law.
Texas swimmers Erica Sullivan and Evie Pfeifer hug as 500 free -style winners Lia Thomas pass during the NCAA swimming and diving championships on March 17, 2022 at the Mcauley Aquatic Center in Atlanta. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
Last week, the United States Department of Agriculture paused financing To the University of Maine system, a network of eight public universities in the state, but days later, the US Senator’s office Susan Collins said that the freezing of funds had been reversed.
In addition, this week, Rep. Mary Miller, R-Bill., He called the Trump administration to extract the federal funds from a Illinois school district after a mother accused the school of her 13 -year -old daughter of forcing girls to change in front of another trans student in the girl’s locker room.
UpenN has published several online statements when the university prepared for cuts in federal funds. Pak Gazette Digital communicated with the university on Wednesday after the latest reports of fund cuts.
