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The Department of Education (DOE) found in late June that California violated Title IX by discriminating against female athletes based on their gender.
The DOE was investigating California’s state-based DOE and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) based on allegations its members and leadership violated federal law by allowing athletes to compete in athletic events under their so-called “gender identity” rather than their actual biological sex, according to JustTheNews.
“Although Governor Gavin Newsom admitted months ago it was ‘deeply unfair’ to allow men to compete in women’s sports, both the California Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation continued as recently as a few weeks ago to allow men to steal female athletes’ well-deserved accolades and to subject them to the indignity of unfair and unsafe competitions,” Education Sec. Linda McMahon said in a statement shared by the Education Department. “The Trump Administration will relentlessly enforce Title IX protections for women and girls, and our findings today make clear that California has failed to adhere to its obligations under federal law. The state must swiftly come into compliance with Title IX or face the consequences that follow.”
Resolution Agreement
The DOE Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a proposed Resolution Agreement to California’s DOE and CIF to resolve the violation, offering both entities the opportunity to “voluntarily agree to change these unlawful practices within 10 days or risk imminent enforcement action, including referral to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for proceedings,” the statement continues.
The Resolution Agreement requires:
1. The CDE will issue a Notice to all recipients of federal funding (Recipients) that operate interscholastic athletic programs in California requiring them to comply with Title IX. This will specify that Title IX and its implementing regulations forbids schools from allowing males from participating in female sports and from occupying female intimate facilities, and that Recipients must adopt biology-based definitions of the words ‘male’ and ‘female’;
2. The CDE will issue a Notice advising Recipients that any interpretation of California state law conflicting with the Department’s Resolution Agreement is preempted by federal law under Title IX;
3. The CDE and CIF will rescind any guidance that advised local school districts or CIF members to permit male athletes to participate in women’s and girls’ sports to reflect that Title IX preempts state law when state law conflicts with Title IX;
4. CDE will require all Recipients, including CIF, to restore to female athletes all individual records, titles, and awards misappropriated by male athletes competing in female competitions;
5. To each female athlete to whom an individual recognition is restored, CDE will send a personalized letter apologizing on behalf of the state of California for allowing her educational experience to be marred by sex discrimination; and
6. The CDE will require each Recipient and CIF to submit to CDE an annual certification that the Recipient and CIF have complied with Title IX. Accordingly, CDE will also propose to OCR a Monitoring Plan to ensure that Recipients are fully complying with Title IX.
Will Newsom’s State Comply?
While it was news to most that Newsom said anything regarding how deeply unfair and immoral it is to allow mentally ill young men to compete in women’s sports, we’ve already seen him blatantly backtrack on this statement — proving that he is not interested in medical science, nor the rights of women and girls throughout his state.
Within hours of the DOE’s ruling, his press office shared a meme of McMahon from her days running WWE. “Secretary McMahon is confusing government with her WrestleMania days — dramatic, fake, and completely divorced from reality. This won’t stick,” his press office noted in an earlier post, suggesting that Newsom is once again saying whatever he thinks is best for the future of his political career at that exact moment in time, and not considering the long-term consequences of his actions or statements.
Newsom Is Anti-Women’s Rights
“Newsom’s joke is not going over so well on social media, with many people and women’s rights groups pointing out that the clip is of a man physically overpowering a woman,” the National News Desk reported.
California may be a hotbed for championing women’s rights to kill their unborn children, it does not appear that Newsom and his fellow leaders are willing to admit that allowing mentally ill young men to compete in women’s sports has destroyed all progress made by women over the last fifty or so years.
The state has also been a national leader in allowing many felony offenses to be reduced to misdemeanors, making it easier for criminals to target the most vulnerable citizens — often women and children. In 2021, the state released a spate of violent criminals early, and planned similar releases in 2024 despite massive public backlash. Many of those released early went back to prison, proving that “soft on crime” policies actually just make it easier to commit crimes. The main reasons people were returned to prisons were: “illegally possessing a gun (14% of all cases), assault (10%), and burglary (9%). Vehicle theft, second-degree robbery and domestic abuse each accounted for about 4 to 5% of offenses,” according to CalMatters.
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