ART OF THE DEAL: Trump scores major win as University apologizes in trans athlete case

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From Fox News: The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that the University of Pennsylvania has agreed to a resolution with President Donald Trump’s administration to keep biological male trans athletes out of women’s sports, in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.

The department previously launched an investigation into UPenn on Feb. 6 for Title IX violations that occurred in the swimming program. Trans athlete Lia Thomas competed for the women’s team in the 2021-22 season, after previously competing for the men’s team.

“Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) has entered into a Resolution Agreement to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX),” the statement read.

The college backed down after President Trump suspended $175 million in federal funding from the college over the issue.

According to the agreement, Thomas’ wins while competing on the women’s team will now be wiped away.

In a press release, the agency announced stipulations included in the agreement as follows:

UPenn has signed OCR’s Resolution Agreement to resolve its Title IX violations, which requires UPenn to undertake the following action items:

  • UPenn will restore to female athletes all individual UPenn Division I swimming records, titles, or similar recognitions which were misappropriated by male athletes allowed to compete in female categories;
  • UPenn will issue a public statement to the University community stating that it will comply with Title IX, specifying that UPenn will not allow males to compete in female athletic programs or occupy Penn Athletics female intimate facilities;
  • The statement will specify that UPenn will adopt biology-based definitions for the words ‘male’ and ‘female’ pursuant to Title IX and consistent with President Trump’s Executive Orders “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism” and “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports”;
  • UPenn will post the statement in a prominent location on its main website and on each of its websites for women’s athletics;
  • UPenn will rescind any guidance which violated Title IX, remove or revise any internal and public-facing statements or documents that are inconsistent with Title IX, and notify all staff and women’s athletics of all such rescissions; and
  • UPenn will send a personalized letter of apology to each impacted female swimmer.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon cheered, “Common sense won today—a major victory for women and girls nationwide! @Penn has agreed to apologize and comply with Title IX, thanks to @POTUS’s leadership and dedication to protecting women’s sports at the University and for future generations.”

Former UPenn women’s swimmer Paula Scanlan was the first of Lia Thomas’ teammates on the women’s team to speak out in opposition of the school’s policy that allowed Thomas, a biological man, to compete on the women’s team and share locker rooms and showers with other female swimmers.

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