Minnesota school board members urge ban on trans girls' sports
A coalition of school board members from 40 Minnesota districts sent a letter this week to the Minnesota Department of Education, the Minnesota State High School League, the attorney general and the governor, asking state leaders to bar transgender athletes assigned male at birth from competing in girls' sports. The move follows a recent U.S. Department of Education finding that Minnesota is in violation of Title IX and comes amid a separate lawsuit by an advocacy group challenging current participation policies; the case has seen a denied emergency injunction and an appeal to the Court of Appeals.
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📌 Key Facts
- A letter signed by school board members from 40 districts (including Anoka‑Hennepin and Columbia Heights) was sent to MDE Commissioner Willie Jett, MSHSL leaders Don Peschel and Erich Martens, AG Keith Ellison, and Gov. Tim Walz.
- Federal Dept. of Education officials found Minnesota in violation of Title IX over allowing transgender girls to compete in girls' sports and reportedly offered to drop the case if the state bars transgender athletes from girls' sports.
- A separate lawsuit from softball players over a Champlin Park transgender pitcher was denied an emergency injunction and the plaintiffs have appealed that denial to the Court of Appeals.