The Maine Department of Education discriminates against females by allowing males to compete against them in sports events, according to a review by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
On Feb. 21, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced an investigation into the Maine Department of Education for allegedly violating Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sex in any education program or activity that receives federal funding. The probe was later expanded to include the Maine Principals’ Association and Greely High School in Cumberland, Maine.
The OCR determined that the three entities were in violation of Title IX by enabling males to compete in women’s sports, the HHS said in a March 17 press release. OCR is tasked with enforcing Title IX….