Education Department refers Minnesota Title IX case to DOJ

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that they are referring alleged Title IX violations by the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League to the U.S. Department of Justice after the agencies declined to comply with federal demands.

In September, the Education Department launched an investigation into MDE and MSHSL for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports, including Alpine ski, Nordic skiing, lacrosse, track and field, volleyball and softball.

Federal officials gave MDE and MSHSL 10 days to resolve the alleged Title IX violations through a proposed Resolution Agreement. Both agencies declined to accept the agreement.

This “referral to DOJ underscores the state’s ongoing failure to safeguard its citizens and uphold the rule of law,” U.S. Secretary of Educ...