Washington – the last executive order of President Donald Trump prohibiting transgender athletes Since competing in sports teams of women in line with their sexual identity, it raises sophisticated questions about enforcement mechanisms and consistency for schools that are not consistent.
Executive ordinance, part of Trump wider Anti-Trans AgendaHe cuts off federal funds from “Educational Programs” if schools do not follow the ban.
Administration is Question of federal agencies To interpret the title of IX-Federal Law regarding civil rights with the exception of schools that receive federal funds in the practice of discrimination based on sex-a way in accordance with the order.
“The war for women’s sports is over,” said Trump during the crowded ceremony signing the ordinance on February 5 in the White House.
“We authorize every school receiving dollars of taxpayers that if you let men take over sports teams or attack your cloakrooms, you will be examined due to violation of title IX and you risk federal financing – there will be no federal financing,” he said.
The Order asks the secretary of education to “take all appropriate actions to avirmly protect the versatile sports possibilities and the cloakroom fully”-which only struggled in women’s sports teams and in these cloakrooms used for physical education classes.
Trump’s efforts also appeared because the growing number of states was adopted by provisions prohibiting trance students conducting sport in sport, which comply with their sexual identity.
At least half of all states adopted a law that prohibits trance students to sport in sport, which comply with their sexual identity, as Project of movement progressIndependent Think Tank.
Many others, managed by Democrats and Republicans, did not take this step.
. Human rights campaignLGBTQ+ a group of sparrows, noticed that there was a “significant disinformation and disinformation about what entails the inclusion of transgender young people in sport” and that the participation of sports by Trans students “was not a problem; Many states, sports organizations and management bodies have successfully balanced honesty, inclusion and access to the game without any problems. “
“Extremely wide”
But the lawyers and experts of the IX title told the Newsroom states that it will turn out to be exactly how exactly schools throughout the country enforce the executive ordinance and how the administration would cancel federal funds for all schools that will not follow.
Shili was a frying pan, IX expert and senior director of safe and sound and integration schools at the National Women’s Law Center, said that “grossly discriminating” order is “extremely wide” and raises “many questions”.
“Applies to educational institutions, affects international competitions, affects the immigration of Trans athletes, calls for these convening, calls general prosecutors to identify some enforcement mechanisms,” said Patel.
The Order asks the assistant to the President of the National Policy for the Congregation of General Prosecutors about “identifying the best practices” in enforcing the ban.
The assistant is also responsible for the meeting of “representatives of the main sports organizations and management bodies” in order to promote such principles regarding the participation of athletes in women’s sport.
Elana Redfield, lawyer and director of federal policy at the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, which focuses on the regulations and rules regarding LGBTQ+persons, indicated that the executive order “contains a wide language, including addressing cloakrooms. “
“So suggests that every space … for example, PE classes or cloakrooms for use in primary and high schools, junior high schools – this will affect this type of space,” she said.
Kella Rodriguez, assistant to the dean of academic affairs at the Seattle University School of Law, said that for some time it would be “really misleading” and “a lot waiting and vision”.
Rodriguez, who is also the director of sports law at Seattle University School of Law, said: “The only thing that is different is that the executive order calls, potentially, consequences or criminal action if the institutions are not compatible.”
“I don’t know what it means yet, I think it’s one of the things that are a bit outstanding – we’ll see what it means from the point of view of execution,” she said, noting that they think that many schools are now “very much It is “very very” is very “very” is very “very” there are many schools “anxiety”, how exactly these penalty activities would look like when it comes to federal funds.
Rodriguez also said that she expected that general prosecutors, individual athletes, parents of athletes and institutions will challenge the executive order.
Breaking of title IX
Redfield noticed that the title IX is an expenditure clause that “gives federal enforcement power, granting subsidies to agencies, and then suspending these subsidies if the law is violated.”
“The Trump administration is in a sense referring to things that are a way to provide support for their position in terms of definition and meaning of title IX, but ultimately this will probably be decided by Congress or Court or both – she added.
House The measure has passed In January, which would command students to participate in school sports teams for women in accordance with their sexual identity.
Legislation would also change the title of IX so that “sex is recognized only on the basis of reproductive biology and genetics of a given person from birth.”
A similar measure with Last session was re -introduced in the Senate In January, but this effort would probably require the support of at least 60 senators to cross a filibuster.
New investigations
Meanwhile, shortly after Trump signed the ordinance, Education Department He announced investigations at two universities and a sports association in which they say “reported by” violations of the title IX “. Research persons are: San Jose State University in California; University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia; and Massachusetts interscholastic athletic association.
According to the ordinance, NCAA also announced last week that the organization would update its transgender participation policy of a sportsman to limit “competition in women’s sport to students-sportsmen assigned only to women after birth.”
Last updated 17:10, February 10, 2025
