UNDER THE MICROSCOPE – Amid Maine's dispute with President Donald Trump's executive order concerning the participation of transgender athletes in women's and girls' sports, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) referred the states "noncompliance" with Title IX rules to the Justice Department for enforcement. Continue reading …
THERE'S AN EXPLANATION – Maine school officials offered an explanation for its "noncompliance with Title IX" as the Trump administration referred the state to the Justice Department following the state's refusal to bar transgender athletes from women's and girls' sports.