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Northern Virginia Schools Hit With ‘High-Risk’ Label In $50M Title IX Funding Fight: Feds Northern Virginia Schools Hit With ‘High-Risk’ Label In $50M Title IX Funding Fight: Feds
Northern Virginia Schools Hit With ‘High-Risk’ Label In $50M Title IX Funding Fight: Feds Five of the largest school districts in Northern Virginia have been hit with a major federal penalty after refusing to comply with Title IX, the US Department of Education announced. Alexandria City, Arlington, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, and Prince William County Public Schools have all been placed on “high-risk” and “reimbursement-only” status, meaning more than $50 million in federal funds can no longer flow directly to the districts.  Instead, the schools must now pay expenses upfront and apply for reimbursement, federal officials said this week. The Department of Education sa…

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by Zak Failla
Sports
Transgender Runner Evie Parts Sues Swarthmore College, NCAA Over Ban From Women’s Track Team Transgender Runner Evie Parts Sues Swarthmore College, NCAA Over Ban From Women’s Track Team
Transgender Runner Evie Parts Sues Swarthmore College, NCAA Over Ban From Women’s Track Team Swarthmore College graduate Evelyn “Evie” Parts is suing her alma mater and the NCAA, alleging she was illegally removed from the women’s track team for being transgender, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania. A transgender long-distance runner who led Swarthmore College’s women’s track team as a captain is now taking the college and the NCAA to court, claiming their enforcement of a transgender athlete ban violated her civil rights. Evelyn “Evie” Parts, a recent Swarthmore graduate with degrees in biology and environmental studies, filed a federal complaint in the Eastern D…

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by Jillian Pikora
Schools
UPenn Bans Trans Athletes After Feds Find Title IX Violations, Ending Lia Thomas Case UPenn Bans Trans Athletes After Feds Find Title IX Violations, Ending Lia Thomas Case
UPenn Bans Trans Athletes After Feds Find Title IX Violations, Ending Lia Thomas Case The University of Pennsylvania will no longer allow male athletes in women’s sports. The US Department of Education announced Tuesday, July 1, that the school (UPenn) has signed a Resolution Agreement after federal investigators found the school violated Title IX by permitting “a male to compete in female athletic programs and occupy female-only intimate facilities.” According to the Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the findings stemmed from a Title IX investigation that began after UPenn awarded swimmer Lia Thomas a roster spot on the women’s swim team.  UPenn had been at …

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by Zak Failla
Politics
UPenn To Strip Lia Thomas Of Women’s Awards After Title IX Violation: Feds UPenn To Strip Lia Thomas Of Women’s Awards After Title IX Violation: Feds
UPenn To Strip Lia Thomas Of Women’s Awards After Title IX Violation: Feds The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has ruled the University of Pennsylvania violated Title IX by allowing a male athlete to compete in women’s sports and access female-only facilities, the Trump administration announced Monday, April 28. As part of the punishment, "federal officials ordered UPenn to strip transgender swimmer Lia Thomas of all women’s athletic titles, records, and awards — and return them to the rightful female athletes", according to the announcement. OCR found Penn denied women equal athletic opportunities when it permitted Thomas, a biologica…

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by Jillian Pikora