USDA freezes Maine child-nutrition funds over transgender student athletes
Funding actionUSDA
- Date
- Actor
- Department of Agriculture; Secretary Brooke Rollins
- Agency
- Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Type
- Funding action
Summary
After President Trump's February 2025 confrontation with Governor Mills and OCR findings against Maine (see sections 1, 5), Secretary Rollins announced April 2, 2025 that USDA was pausing approximately $3 million in federal funds supporting Maine's school-meal and child-nutrition program administration until Maine barred transgender girls from girls' sports, citing Title IX. Maine's Attorney General sued USDA on April 7, 2025 (D. Me.) with a TRO motion; the court promptly granted a TRO ordering USDA to unfreeze the funds.
Status
Settled May 2, 2025: USDA agreed not to freeze, terminate, or interfere with Maine's USDA funds over alleged Title IX violations without following legally required procedures; Maine dismissed the suit. The settlement did not end DOJ's Title IX suit against Maine or ED's administrative proceedings (see sections 3, 5).
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