The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) initiated investigations into 18 educational entities across 10 states based on complaints alleging Title IX violations, according to a Jan. 14 statement from the department.
According to the complaints, the institutions are engaging in discriminatory policies or practices that permit students to participate in sports based on their chosen “gender identity” and not biological sex. This has resulted in endangering the safety and opportunities of women and girls participating in sports activities, said the statement.
Title IX is a federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal funding. Institutions mentioned in the Education Department (ED) statement are the following:…