The University of Pennsylvania may have bowed to the Trump administration on the issue of transgender athletes in female sports, but not the state of California.
California officials on Monday set up a showdown with the Trump administration by rejecting the resolution agreement proposed by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, which would have banned male-born athletes in girls’ sports.
“The CDE respectfully disagrees with OCR’s analysis, and it will not sign the Proposed Resolution Agreement,” said Len Garfinkel, the department’s general counsel, in a terse two-sentence letter.
The California Interscholastic Federation, which governs K-12 athletics, said it “concurs with the response of the California Department of Education.”
Not happy was Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who warned that California Gov. Gavin Newsom would soon hear from Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“California has just REJECTED our resolution agreement to follow federal law and keep men out of women’s sports,”