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Title IX
In 2024, the prior (Biden) administration radically rewrote Title IX—allowing boys to compete in girls’ sports and use girls’ bathrooms, while pushing teachers and students to conform to preferred pronouns and diluting campus due process and free speech protections. Fortunately, the courts have blocked the 2025 rule, and the current MN administration refuses to enforce it.
For years now, girls in Minnesota have been subjected to a loss of fairness, safety, and protections associated with having a protected, division for their sex. The federal government now says enough is enough. Governor Tim Walz is failing Minnesota’s students in the classroom and on the playing field.
Instead of focusing on real problems—like the fact that half of our kids can’t read at grade level—his administration is pushing an agenda that forces girls to compete against boys in high school sports. The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) is enabling this, putting girls at a disadvantage and ignoring their rights.
U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Find that Minnesota Violated Title IX - September 30, 2025 Press Release
The U.S. Department of Education (ED)’s Office for Civil Rights (ED’s OCR) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s Office for Civil Rights (HHS’ OCR) announced that the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) are both in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). The Noncompliance Finding [PDF] (or Notice of Violation, “joint finding”) concluded that MDE and MSHSL violated Title IX’s prohibition on sex discrimination by allowing males to compete in female sports and occupy female intimate facilities.
The joint finding determined that, over the course of several years, MDE and MSHSL allowed male athletes to compete on the girls’ Alpine ski team, the girls’ Nordic skiing team, the girls’ lacrosse team, the girls’ track and field team, the girls’ volleyball team, and the girls’ fastpitch softball team.
ED’s OCR initiated its initial investigation after MSHSL publicly declared its intention to violate federal antidiscrimination law and President Trump’s February 2025 Executive Order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” In June 2025, ED elevated its existing investigations and HHS initiated a compliance review of MDE and MSHSL after a widely reported incident showed a male athlete from Champlin Park High School dominating a girls’ MSHSL softball match, leading Champlin to a state championship. The male pitcher overpowered female athletes during five consecutive matches, only giving up one earned run over the course of 35 innings and striking out 27 female batters.
“For too many years, Minnesota’s political leadership has found itself on the wrong side of justice, common sense, and the American people. Now the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League find themselves on the wrong side of Title IX by allowing males to compete in women’s sports,” said ED’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor. “The Trump Administration will not allow Minnesota or any other state to sacrifice the safety, fair treatment, and dignity of its female students to appease the false idols of radical gender ideology. Once an education program or entity takes federal funds, Title IX compliance becomes mandatory. And the federal government will hold Minnesota accountable until it recognizes that fact.”
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The coalition of school board members launched a website, titleixmn.com, to provide an opportunity for additional school board members to add their name to the list of signatories. Their letter is addressed to MDE Commissioner Willie Jett, MSHSL Board President Don Peschel and Executive Director Erich Martens, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.
More than 100 school board members across Minnesota call on state leaders to comply with Title IX- See Alpha News October 7th
More than 100 school board members from 40 school districts across Minnesota have signed a letter to state leaders urging them to comply with Title IX by barring males from competing in female sports and using female-only spaces.
“The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota State High School League’s (MSHSL) ongoing non-compliance with Title IX poses a grave threat to the safety, fairness, and future of Minnesota students,” said Lisa Atkinson, a spokesperson for the coalition and a school board member in the Prior Lake-Savage district.
“This isn’t just a legal issue—it’s a moral one. Time is running out, and the consequences are enormous: hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for our public schools are at risk. That funding is essential to the communities we serve,” she added.
Minnesota AG Ellison and Gov Walz
AG Ellison's letter is below, basically not providing any meaningful response.
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