Maine school officials explain why state was in 'noncompliance with Title IX' after referral to DOJ

Maine schoolhouse officials explained connected Monday wherefore they were successful "noncompliance with Title IX" arsenic the Trump medication referred the authorities to the Justice Department aft it failed to barroom transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports.

The authorities defied President Donald Trump’s enforcement bid banning biologic males from competing successful women’s and girls’ sports. The Health and Human Services Department gave the authorities 10 days to close its policies done a signed statement oregon hazard referral to the DOJ.

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The State House is seen successful Augusta, Maine, connected June 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

The deadline came and went and the Health and Human Services Department’s Office of Civil Rights followed done connected its committedness Friday, vowing to support pistillate athletes.

"Today, OCR referred Maine’s noncompliance with Title IX to @TheJusticeDept for enforcement successful tribunal for continuing to unlawfully let males to vie against females," the section announced successful a station connected X. 

"HHS volition proceed to support women’s sports and support the promises of Title IX for America’s women and girls."

The Maine School Administrative District 51, location to Greely High School, wherever a transgender jock incited nationalist contention aft winning a girls' rod vault contention successful February, said Thursday it was not complying and volition alternatively "continue to travel authorities instrumentality and the Maine Human Rights Act."

Fox News obtained statements that the Maine Principals’ Association and the Maine School Administrative District 51 some released to the community.

"The Maine Principals’ Association is bound by the law, including the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA), which our information argumentation reflects," officials said. "We are incapable to motion immoderate solution statement that would mandate we make a caller argumentation that would interruption the instrumentality and MHRA. 

"As such, we person not signed and volition not motion the solution statement sent by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services. With respect to the Federal Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, solution agreement, we were not a nonstop recipient of that agreement, truthful we are not required to respond."

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Gov. Janet Mills attends an event, March 11, 2022, successful Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Maine School Administrative District 51 besides pointed to the Maine Human Rights Act.

"The MSAD #51 Board of Directors is guided by the Mission, Vision, and Core Values of our district. This includes promoting a safe, caring and ethical learning situation wherever each idiosyncratic volition beryllium treated with respect and fairness; and individuals are recognized, valued and supported," the missive read. 

"To our students: Thank you for your maturity, perseverance, and dedication to learning done these distractions. Please proceed to pb the way.

"To our teachers and staff: We profoundly admit your unwavering committedness to our students. Your dedication makes a profound impact, and we are grateful for your resilience and compassion. Please enactment that nary Board policies person changed astatine this time. We promote you to proceed supporting each student, socially and academically, arsenic you ever have."

The Maine Human Rights Act was amended 4 years agone to adhd sex individuality arsenic a protected people and specifically stated that denying a idiosyncratic an adjacent accidental to enactment successful sports is favoritism against education. The Maine Principals’ Association updated its argumentation to let athletes to vie against the sex they place arsenic past year.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and Maine’s Education Department person not responded to requests for comment.

Amid the feud betwixt the Trump medication and the authorities of Maine, a University of New Hampshire canvass released past week showed that astir Maine residents hold that transgender athletes should not vie successful girls’ and women’s sports.

The canvass showed that 64% of Maine residents judge transgender athletes "definitely should not" oregon "probably should not" enactment successful girls’ and women’s sports. Only 29% of Maine residents believed that transgender athletes "probably should" oregon "definitely should" vie against girls and women successful sports.

The canvass besides showed that 56% of Maine Democrats judge that transgender athletes should beryllium allowed to vie successful girls’ and women’s sports.

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When it came to enacting policies to combat the contented of transgender information successful sports, the canvass showed that 50% of Maine residents wanted it astatine the national level, portion 41% judge argumentation should beryllium near up to the states.

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