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FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is celebrating one year of its fight to exclude biological males from girls’ and women’s sports.
Just over 13 months after President Donald Trump signed the “Keep Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order, ED is touting its victories in enforcing that executive order, as well as several other education-based initiatives under Trump, that will be celebrated throughout the week.
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U.S. President Donald Trump signs the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order in the East Room of the White House February 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“A little over a year ago, we saw men achieve victories in women’s athletics. Colleges and universities focused more on diversity, equity and inclusion than on preparing graduates for success in life after graduation. Institutions required DEI statements from faculty and held separate affinity graduation ceremonies for students,” Ed said in a statement provided to PK Press Club Digital.
“Academic standards fell, admissions were skewed toward race rather than merit, and students graduated with a huge pile of debt and degrees that led to no job prospects. Today, institutions of higher education are changing the game because President Trump is bringing back America’s golden age – changing the culture and making our nation’s institutions great again.”
Since Trump’s executive order on women’s sports last February, several states and institutions have changed their policies to ensure that only female athletes can compete in the women’s category. This includes the governing body of American college sports, the NCAA, and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).
Meanwhile, the University of Pennsylvania and Wagner College entered into resolution agreements with ED to resolve previous Title IX violations related to trans athletes on the UPenn women’s swim team and Wagner women’s fencing team.
Additionally, Harvard removed its previous transgender inclusion policy from the university handbook after the NCAA updated its policy and Trinity University publicly updated its transgender participation policy for intercollegiate athletics in March 2025, limiting competition in women’s sports to student-athletes assigned female at birth.
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“Thanks to the Trump administration, female college athletes can once again compete on an equal footing and share locker rooms based on biological sex,” ED said.
The administration continues its crackdown on other entities that have not yet fully complied.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is engaged in lawsuits against state agencies in Maine and California after both states refused to comply with Trump and continue to allow male athletes to compete in girls’ high school sports.
ED is in a standoff with San Jose State University after the university refused to resolve alleged Title IX violations for its handling of a transgender former volleyball player. SJSU and the California State University system have decided to sue the Trump administration in order to avoid sanctions for its alleged violation.
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But Education Secretary Linda McMahon said SJSU wouldn’t get away with it and gave the school an ultimatum to resolve its alleged violations by the end of the month or face a reduction in federal funding and a referral to the DOJ.
ED has also opened investigations into several other entities across the country, including school districts in Colorado, New York, specific districts in California, and the University of Nevada, Reno.
