The US office of the Department of Health and Social Services (HHS) for civil rights (OCR) announced on Monday that the Maine Ministry of Education, the Association of Managers of Maine and the Greely High School are all in violation of title IX.
The Trump administration has expanded its investigation into title IX on Maine last week, citing violations of the executive decree of President Trump indicating that organic men are not authorized to compete in female sports in educational and sports institutions.
The association of managers of Maine, which is the director of secondary athletics in the state, and Greely High School were both added to the list of institutions in Maine that HHS was investigating. The OCR also announced last month that it was investigating the Maine Ministry of Education “on the basis of information that Maine intends to challenge” Trump’s executive order.
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President Donald Trump speaks in the oval office of the White House in Washington, DC. (Chris Kleponis / CNP / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Four days after this announcement, HHS issued a “violation opinion”.
Now, the letter of determination of the OCR to the three entities offers them the possibility of “voluntarily committing within 10 days to resolve the question through a signed agreement or risking reference to the American Ministry of Justice for an appropriate action”.
This occurs after the OCR investigation noted that the three entities are forced to comply with title IX and to violate title IX.
HHS widens the title IX probe in Maine to include the state association governing athletics, a besieged high school
“The Maine Ministry of Education cannot move its obligations under the federal law by giving control of its extracurricular activities, programs and services to the association of managers of Maine,” said Anthony Archeval, acting director of the OCR of HHS, in a press release. “We hope that the Maine Ministry of Education, the Association of Managers of Maine and the Greely high school will work with us to reach an agreement that restores equity in female sports.”
Trump’s executive decree 14201, better known as “keeping men outside of female sports”, was signed to “protect athlete students, in the women’s category, to have” competing with or against or having to appear without imprint before men “.” In turn, the executive decree also obliged each federal department to “examine subsidies in education programs and, if necessary, to cancel funding for programs that fail to compare with the policy established in this order and, if necessary, to cancel for programs that fail to behave with the policy established in this order.”
This is exactly what happened in Maine, because the State Ministry of Education received nearly a million dollars of HHS undergoes only, who said the Maine House Republicans in a press release last week.
The representative of the state of Maine, Laurel Libby, rings the alarm in the face of the challenge of the state with regard to the executive order of President Donald Trump who demands the end of biological men in competition in female sports. (Getty / Maine House of Representatives)
Maine’s Republican legislators called Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, to comply with Trump’s decree with millions of federal funds for nursery schools in the 12th year threatened not to do so.
“If Maine Democrats continue to double to allow organic men to participate in the sports of girls, our students lose hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding. Gov. [Janet] Mills and the legislative democrats have a renewed opportunity to do the right thing, to ensure restored funding and fair and fair playground for maine girls, “said state representative Laurel Libby, R – Auburn on Thursday.
Libby has become a leading figure in this Maine debate after publishing a VAULTER at La Perche du Lycée on social networks. The Vaulter Pole competed in June 2024 as a biological man and ended up winning a state championship as a woman.
The Democrats of the Legislative Assembly of the Maine State have censored Libby for the post, which showed that the athlete was in competition as a man, while alongside an image of the athlete winning the female pole lighting competition in the Maine B class B championship in February.
Trump called Maine shortly after Libby’s post began to arouse a debate. Trump had a public argument with Governor Mills in the White House, where he threatened state funding if Maine does not “clean this”. Mills replied that she would see Trump “in court”.
Friday, the governor of Maine Janet Mills and President Donald Trump in the White House. (Getty Images)
Mills, in congruence with the association of managers of Maine, argues that the executive order of Trump is in conflict with the current law of human rights of Maine. Consequently, the continuation of the decree would challenge the law of the State, which currently allows sports participation according to the declared gender identity of the person.
“No President – Republican or Democrat – can retain authorized federal funding and appropriate by the congress and paid by Maine taxpayers to try to compel someone to comply with their will,” MILLS said when the HHS initially announced its investigation. “It is a violation of our Constitution and our laws, which I took an oath to defend.”
