WASHINGTON (MPG) – The U.S. Department of Education has found that the California Interscholastic Federation’s (CIF) policy of allowing biological males to participate in sports with girls is in “clear violation” of Title IX.

This comes after Rep. Kevin Kiley (CA-3) wrote a letter to CIF calling for an immediate reversal of the policy allowing biological males in girls’ sports.

Rep. Kiley is sending a follow-up letter to the CIF calling for the state to immediately comply with the Department’s conditions to avoid a loss of federal funding.

Those conditions include preventing male athletes from participating with females, restoring awards, records and titles to female athletes that were misappropriated by male athletes and issuing a formal apology to those female athletes. 

“As I have repeatedly warned Governor Newsom, California’s policy is absurd and illegal,” Rep. Kiley said. “The state must immediately reverse the policy, and pursuant to the Department’s conditions, restore honors to female athletes unjustly deprived of them.”

The U.S. Department of Education is giving the agencies the option to accept a resolution that would prevent male athletes from participating with females and restore awards, records and titles to female athletes that were misappropriated by male athletes.

For more information from the U.S. Department of Education visit ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-finds-california-department-of-education-and-california-interscholastic-federation-violation-of-title-ix.