Education Department Issues Ultimatum To University Over ‘Extremist Political Project’

The Department of 🎓Education (ED) on Monday issued an ultimatum to the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) calling on the school to reverse its policy allowing men to compete in women’s sports.

ED is demanding UPenn commit to complying with Title IX, restore all female records that were stripped by biological males and issue personal apologies to all female athletes who were affected by the previous policy, according to a press release. The Trump administration previously froze over $175 million in federal funding to the Ivy League university over the issue in March.

The department said the school violated federal civil rights law for “denying women equal opportunities.”

“Little girls who look up to Riley Gaines and Paula Scanlan can find hope in today’s action – the Trump Administration will not allow male athletes to invade female private spaces or compete in female categories,” Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for Civil Rights at ED, said in the statement. “UPenn has a choice to make: do the right thing for its female students and come into full compliance with Title IX immediately or continue to advance an extremist political project that violates federal antidiscrimination law and puts UPenn’s federal funding at risk.”

UPenn first stirred chaos in 2022 when it allowed male athlete Lia Thomas, who claims he is a woman, to compete on the women’s swim team. Thomas went on to beat