The United States Department of Agriculture is stopping funds for the University of Maine (UMS) system, a network of eight public universities in the state, according to UMS officials. The pause is in response to the recent refusal of the State to comply with the executive order of President Donald Trump to keep transgender athletes out of women’s sports.
The pause in financing occurs when the USDA reviews the possible violations of Title IX and Title VI of the Universities, in the middle of the recent refusal of the State to comply with Trump’s executive order to keep transgender athletes out of women’s sports. Trump reaffirmed his intention to punish states that continue to allow Trans athletes with girls during his March 4 speech to a joint session of the Congress.
Trump’s administration has now acted with that promise.
A UMS spokesman confirmed Pak Gazette Digital on Tuesday that it has been notified that its financing will stop.
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“An email forwarded to the University of Maine that seems to have originated in the USDA office of the financial director directs the ‘Awarding and offices of the USDA staff so that it no longer issues any payment or authorize any other fund launch to the University of Columbia or the University of Maine’s system,” said the spokesman.
“The message continues to say: ‘This pause is temporary in nature, while the USDA evaluates whether you must take any monitoring action related to the possible violations of Title VI or Title IX. Take the necessary measures to carry out this leadership address. This pause will remain in force until new notice.”
UMS spokesman says that the system told the USDA that universities “complied with the relevant state and federal laws and that UMS universities are members of the NCAA,” add the “unknown” system of any violation of title VI.
However, UMS says it will provide more clarity about the situation after “an additional analysis is completed.”
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Only in fiscal year 2024, the USDA granted $ 29.78 million in funds for UMS for investigation, the system said. The USDA states that it has provided more than $ 100 million to the UMS in recent years in a letter addressed to the system.
The NCAA also modified its gender eligibility policy to prohibit any biologically man -born man competing in women’s sports.
Initially, Trump promised to cut funds to Maine specifically if he continued to allow Trans athletes to compete in girls sports during a meeting of Republican governors in the White House on February 20.
The next day, Governor Janet Mills’s office responded with a statement that threatened the legal actions against the Trump administration if he retained the federal funds of the State. 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 transgender athletes to compete in girls sports and for possible violations of title IX.
The United States Department of Health and Human Services has already determined that the State and its Education Department have violated title IX by allowing transgender athletes to compete and has made a derivation to the United States Department of Justice.
The Republican state representative of Maine, Laurel Libby, helped to light the controversy situation when, in early February, she identified a biological man who competed and won a state -owned girl’s jumping competition for Grely high school on social networks. Police protection It was assigned to Grelyly High School during the controversy.
Libby was censored by the House of Representatives and President of the State, Ryan Fecteau, for the position. Libby filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Fecteau in response to censorship, trying to restore its vote and speech rights.
The controversy has even encouraged a protest against Mills called “Marcha against Mills” outside the state house of Maine on Saturday morning.
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Several female athletes took the microphone in the march to speak against the Democratic governor.
A day later, eight Pro-Trans activists protested outside the Libby house in opposition to their views.
They had signs that said “Laurel 4 shame exploiting a child 4 their political gain” and “protecting trans young people”, according to THE MAINE CABLE.
