The Trump administration has opened an investigation into alleged Title IX violations in Washington state following reports of biological males participating in female sports and using girls’ locker rooms, the Department of Education announced on Wednesday.

“Today’s investigation into Washington OSPI [Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction] is a first-of-its-kind, bringing together ED and [the Department of Justice], and multiple offices within ED to adjudicate several potential violations of federal law,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement.  

Earlier in April, the Department of Education’s Office of the General Counsel sent a letter to the state threatening the termination of funding over the La Center School District’s unwillingness to adopt policies that may violate federal law. In February, OSPI instructed that La Center “not proactively share information about any students’ gender identity without the student’s consent,” which could potentially violate parental rights.

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