Education dept. launches Title IX probes amid Supreme Court cases

(The Center Square) – The Trump administration has launched a series of investigations into various public schools and state departments of education across the country over Title IX allegations related to the participation of transgender athletes in girls' sports. The investigation led by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights coincides with the U.S. Supreme Court beginning oral arguments on transgender sports cases. The core of the complaints asserts that these K-12 districts and state agencies maintain policies that discriminate based on sex. By permitting transgender students to participate in sports, the Department argues that these institutions are violating Title IX protections. According to the Department of Education, these policies jeopardize both the safety and the equal opportunities of women in educational programs and activities, the Department said. “In the same week that the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the future of Title IX, OCR is aggress