Overview

• The Education and Health and Human Services civil-rights offices concluded the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League violated Title IX by permitting participation in girls’ sports based on gender identity and by allowing access to female intimate facilities.
• Federal officials proposed a Resolution Agreement requiring rescinded guidance, biology-based definitions of male and female, restoration of records and titles to female athletes, apology letters, approved Title IX training, and annual compliance certifications.
• Investigators cited multiple girls’ sports over several years, highlighting Alpine and Nordic skiing, lacrosse, track and field, volleyball, and fastpitch softball, including a Champlin Park pitcher whose dominant postseason statistics were used as an example.
• The state education department said it is reviewing the notice, and Attorney General Keith Ellison pledged legal action disputing the federal finding and defending Minnesota’s anti‑discrimination protections for transgender students.
• The agencies warned of imminent enforcement after 10 days, including potential loss of federal education funds or referral to the Justice Department, noting similar actions underway against California and Maine.