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Trump Administration Opens Title IX Investigations Into 18 Schools Over Girls’ Sports Policies
MLN — 20 JAN 2026: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened Title IX investigations into 18 educational entities across 10 states following complaints alleging that the schools violated federal law by allowing boys to compete in girls’ sports, the department said.
According to the complaints, the entities, which include K-12 school districts, colleges and one state education department -have policies that allow students to participate in athletics based on gender identity rather than biological sex. The complaints allege those policies discriminate on the basis of sex and “jeopardize both the safety and the equal opportunities of women in educational programs and activities.”
“In the same week that the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the future of Title IX, OCR is aggressively pursuing allegations of discrimination against women and girls by entities which reportedly allow males to compete in women’s sports,” Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said in a statement. “Time and again, the Trump Administration has made its position clear, violations of women’s rights, dignity, and fairness are unacceptable.
We will leave no stone unturned in these investigations to uphold women’s right to equal access in education programs, a fight that started over half a century ago and is far from finished.”
The entities under investigation include Jurupa School District and Placentia-Yorba School District in California, along with Santa Monica College and Santa Rosa Junior College; Waterbury Public Schools in Connecticut; the Hawaii State Department of Education, Regional School Units 19 and 57 in Maine; Foxborough Public Schools in Massachusetts.
the University of Nevada, Reno, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and the New York City Department of Education; Great Valley School District in Pennsylvania; Champlain Valley School District in Vermont; and multiple Washington state districts, including Cheney Public Schools, Sultan School District No. 311, Tacoma Public Schools and Vancouver Public Schools.
The investigations follow President Donald Trump’s signing of Executive Order 14201 on Feb. 5, 2025, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” which the administration says bars biological males from participating in women’s athletic programs.
After the order was issued, Tacoma Public Schools said it would not comply, citing Washington state law that prohibits discrimination based on gender identity.
The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction said it is aware of the investigation and said districts are acting in accordance with state law when allowing transgender students to participate in sports consistent with their gender identity.
