Education Department opens 18 Title IX investigations of transgender-athlete policies in 10 states
- Date
- Actor
- Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
- Agency
- Department of Education (ED)
- Type
- Enforcement/investigation
Summary
On Jan. 14, 2026, the day after the Supreme Court heard argument in the state sports-ban cases, OCR announced Title IX investigations of 18 entities in 10 states. They are Jurupa USD, Placentia-Yorba, Santa Monica College and Santa Rosa Junior College (CA); Waterbury (CT); Hawaii State DOE; two Maine RSUs; Foxborough (MA); University of Nevada, Reno; Bellmore-Merrick and NYC DOE (NY); Great Valley (PA); Champlain Valley (VT); and Cheney, Sultan, Tacoma and Vancouver (WA). Each is based on complaints about allowing students to compete by gender identity. OCR asked Washington districts for team lists for 2023 through 2026.
Status
Open; no findings found in sources reviewed.
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