On April 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a civil lawsuit against the Maine Department of Education, seeking to stop a policy allowing transgender students to compete on women and girls’ sports teams. In addition, the USDE is also reviewing the state’s federal funding and may retroactively pull all funding the state has received for not complying with Title IX in the past
U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi also warned that “many, many” other states, including Minnesota and California, are next in line.
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