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College at center of USA Fencing fight agrees to deal with Trump administration on trans athletes
- Wagner College has agreed to revise its athletic policy to define "male" and "female" based on biological sex, following a resolution agreement with the U.S. Department of Education regarding Title IX violations.
- Wagner will publicly apologize to all female athletes who competed against male athlete Redmond Sullivan, who had participated on the women's team after previously being on the men's team.
- Secretary of Education Linda McMahon noted that the agreement follows a similar resolution made with the University of Pennsylvania concerning the 2022 Lia Thomas controversy.
- The college will revise its athletic policies to define 'male' and 'female' based on biological sex, as stated in the Department of Education announcement.
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Wagner College Title IX Agreement Forces Policy Change
Wagner College in Staten Island has entered a Resolution Agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to resolve Title IX violations related to its athletics policy. The case began after Stephanie Turner, a female fencer, forfeited a match in protest against competing with a biological male who had joined Wagner’s women’s team after previously competing on the men’s team. Federal investigators determined the college …
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College at center of USA Fencing fight agrees to deal with Trump administration on trans athletes
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U.S. Department of Education Continues to Roll Back Transgender Policies at Schools – Family Council
Over the past two weeks, the U.S. Department of Education has continued to push back against pro-transgender policies that many schools adopted under the Biden Administration. Title IX is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education and in activities that receive federal funding — like school athletic programs. But the Biden Administration issued executive orders and rules drastically redefining “sex” under federa…
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