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A current resolution or funding order was not located.", "implementation": "Onalaska’s official notice is a local example, not a statewide implementation audit.", "latestEvent": "2026–2027 WIAA handbook reviewed; WAC amendment effective August 22, 2026.", "gap": "District-specific lodging practices and complete federal OSPI case file remain unverified.", "sources": [ "waRule", "waGuidance", "wiaa", "wiaaPortal", "onalaska", "jeffcoAction" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=392-190-025", "https://ospi.k12.wa.us/policy-funding/equity-and-civil-rights/information-families-civil-rights-washington-schools/gender-inclusive-schools", "https://wiaa-dna4aga5arc0gyeb.westus2-01.azurewebsites.net/results/handbook/26-27/26-27%20Handbook.pdf", "https://www.wiaa.com/category/handbook/", "https://www.onysd.wednet.edu/page/gender-inclusive-schools", "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-takes-action-against-jefferson-county-public-schools-continued-violations-of-title-ix" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "waRule", "title": "Washington WAC 392-190-025: recreational and athletic activities", "url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=392-190-025", "kind": "Enacted regulation", "date": "2026-08-22 effective", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Official rule and amendment history reviewed." }, { "id": "waGuidance", "title": "OSPI gender-inclusive schools: family guidance", "url": "https://ospi.k12.wa.us/policy-funding/equity-and-civil-rights/information-families-civil-rights-washington-schools/gender-inclusive-schools", "kind": "State education guidance", "date": "Current page", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Sports and facility guidance; not verification of each district’s practice." }, { "id": "wiaa", "title": "WIAA handbook 2026–2027", "url": "https://wiaa-dna4aga5arc0gyeb.westus2-01.azurewebsites.net/results/handbook/26-27/26-27%20Handbook.pdf", "kind": "Association manual", "date": "2026–2027 edition", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Rules 18.16.0 and 19.6.2.1 reviewed." }, { "id": "wiaaPortal", "title": "WIAA handbook publication portal", "url": "https://www.wiaa.com/category/handbook/", "kind": "Official association portal", "date": "2026-08-26 update", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Links current handbook and amendments." }, { "id": "onalaska", "title": "Onalaska gender-inclusive schools notice", "url": "https://www.onysd.wednet.edu/page/gender-inclusive-schools", "kind": "Official district policy notice", "date": "2022-09-09", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Links policies 3211 and 3211P; describes September 23, 2019 adoption. Later board votes not verified." }, { "id": "jeffcoAction", "title": "ED impending enforcement announcement: Jefferson County", "url": "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-takes-action-against-jefferson-county-public-schools-continued-violations-of-title-ix", "kind": "Federal agency announcement", "date": "2026-06-26", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Indexed official text reviewed. Proposed agreements and threatened remedies distinguished from completed enforcement." } ] }, { "id": "minnesota", "name": "Minnesota", "state": "MN", "status": "Statutes, federal action and appellate opinion reviewed", "published": true, "path": "/education/title-ix-girls-sports/states/minnesota.html", "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/states/minnesota.html", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "authority": "Minn. Stat. §§121A.04 and 363A.13; MSHSL Bylaw 300.00(3), quoted in the Eighth Circuit opinion.", "adoptionDate": "MSHSL bylaw adopted February 2016 according to the April 2026 opinion.", "effectiveDate": "Exact bylaw implementation date: Unknown/not located. Official statutes displayed in the 2025 edition.", "coverage": "School athletic programs and educational institutions covered by the cited statutes; MSHSL member interscholastic programs.", "eligibility": "The reviewed bylaw permits participation consistent with gender identity or expression. The attorney general interprets state law as requiring that approach; that is a state legal position.", "sports": "Section 121A.04 addresses equal opportunity and conditions for separate teams, including different provisions for younger pupils. It is not a complete transgender eligibility manual.", "facilities": "The federal complaint challenges intimate-space access. A complete current statewide facilities directive was not independently located.", "overnight": "Unknown/not located", "enforcement": "State nondiscrimination protections and federal Title IX enforcement are distinct. The DOJ complaint requests remedies; it does not award them.", "guidance": "State attorney general position and MDE FY2026 report are available alongside the statutes.", "litigation": "United States v. Minnesota, 0:26-cv-02078, filed March 30, 2026. Female Athletes United v. Ellison, appeal 25-2899, decided April 15, 2026.", "orderScope": "The Eighth Circuit affirmed denial of a preliminary injunction based on the private right of action issue. It did not grant a statewide permanent injunction.", "federalInteraction": "ED/HHS reported September 30, 2025 findings and January 26, 2026 referral. DOJ later filed a separate civil action.", "implementation": "No survey of member-school practice was performed.", "latestEvent": "April 15, 2026 appellate opinion reviewed; later district-court or post-Supreme Court proceedings not independently established.", "gap": "Current full MSHSL manual, later federal docket events and local facilities/lodging policies require follow-up.", "sources": [ "mnStat", "mnHuman", "fau", "mnAG", "mnReport", "mnReferral", "mnSuit", "mnComplaint" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/121A.04", "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/363A.13", "https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/docs/25-2899_FAU_Opinion.pdf", "https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/04/16_Transgener-Athletes.asp", "https://education.mn.gov/mdeprod/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&Rendition=primary&RevisionSelectionMethod=latestReleased&dDocName=PROD098729", "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-departments-of-education-and-health-and-human-services-refer-minnesota-case-us-department-of-justice-title-ix-non-compliance", "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-minnesota-protect-girls-sports-and-intimate-spaces", "https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1433251/dl" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "mnStat", "title": "Minnesota Statutes §121A.04: athletic programs", "url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/121A.04", "kind": "Enacted statute", "date": "2025 edition", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Official text reviewed; edition shown by publisher." }, { "id": "mnHuman", "title": "Minnesota Statutes §363A.13: educational institutions", "url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/363A.13", "kind": "Enacted statute", "date": "2025 edition", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Official education nondiscrimination text reviewed." }, { "id": "fau", "title": "Female Athletes United v. Ellison, No. 25-2899", "url": "https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/docs/25-2899_FAU_Opinion.pdf", "kind": "Court opinion hosted by a litigant", "date": "2026-04-15", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Operative appellate opinion reviewed; subsequent proceedings not established." }, { "id": "mnAG", "title": "Minnesota attorney general account and legal position", "url": "https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/04/16_Transgener-Athletes.asp", "kind": "State agency / litigant position", "date": "2026-04-16", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Position attributed to attorney general; appellate opinion controls." }, { "id": "mnReport", "title": "MDE report on the MSHSL, fiscal year 2026", "url": "https://education.mn.gov/mdeprod/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&Rendition=primary&RevisionSelectionMethod=latestReleased&dDocName=PROD098729", "kind": "Official legislative report", "date": "FY2026", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Historical investigation and litigation chronology; later opinion supersedes appeal forecast." }, { "id": "mnReferral", "title": "ED and HHS referral of Minnesota Title IX matter", "url": "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-departments-of-education-and-health-and-human-services-refer-minnesota-case-us-department-of-justice-title-ix-non-compliance", "kind": "Federal agency announcement", "date": "2026-01-26", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Official indexed announcement reviewed; direct retrieval intermittently denied." }, { "id": "mnSuit", "title": "DOJ announcement of Minnesota lawsuit", "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-minnesota-protect-girls-sports-and-intimate-spaces", "kind": "Federal agency / plaintiff announcement", "date": "2026-03-30", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Filing and requested remedies; not a judgment." }, { "id": "mnComplaint", "title": "United States v. Minnesota: filed complaint", "url": "https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1433251/dl", "kind": "Party filing", "date": "2026-03-30", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Case 0:26-cv-02078, Document 1; allegations and requested relief only." } ] }, { "id": "maryland", "name": "Maryland", "state": "MD", "status": "State guidance and current district handbook distinguished", "published": true, "path": "/education/title-ix-girls-sports/states/maryland.html", "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/states/maryland.html", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "authority": "MPSSAA participation guidance (2016 revision, indexed); MCPS 2026–2027 guidelines cite COMAR 13A.01.06.03 and Board Policy ACA.", "adoptionDate": "MPSSAA file identifies an August 2016 revision; MCPS publishes a 2026–2027 edition.", "effectiveDate": "Exact adoption/effective date of the current statewide sports guidance: Unknown/not located.", "coverage": "MPSSAA interscholastic guidance for local school systems; MCPS rules cover Montgomery County, not all Maryland schools.", "eligibility": "Indexed MPSSAA guidance calls for local criteria consistent with gender identity. MCPS offers eligibility based on sex assigned at birth, transitioned gender or gender identity consistently asserted at school.", "sports": "MCPS eligibility, once approved on its support form, lasts for the student’s interscholastic participation; athletics appeals go to its Department of Athletics.", "facilities": "MCPS permits access corresponding to consistently asserted gender identity and requested privacy alternatives. This verified local rule is not presented as a complete statewide facilities code.", "overnight": "MCPS separately addresses supervised outdoor education and secondary hotel room assignments, including parent notice of roommate assignments and possible alternatives.", "enforcement": "OCR opened investigations June 23, 2026. No finding or signed agreement in those matters was located.", "guidance": "State guidance needs current-edition verification; the 2026–2027 MCPS handbook is directly available.", "litigation": "Unknown/not located", "orderScope": "Unknown/not located", "federalInteraction": "MSDE, Montgomery County, Prince George’s County and Frederick County were named in the June 23 announcement.", "implementation": "Written policy verified for MCPS; actual practices across the state not audited.", "latestEvent": "MCPS 2026–2027 handbook reviewed on October 10, 2026.", "gap": "Current full MPSSAA text, other district policies, agency files and any later orders remain incomplete.", "sources": [ "mpssaa", "mcps", "mcpsPortal", "mdAction" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.mpssaa.org/assets/1/6/MPSSAA_Transgender_Guidance_revised_8.16.pdf", "https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/students/rights/gender-identity/gender-identity-guidelines-students.pdf", "https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/students/rights/", "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-opens-investigations-maryland-state-department-of-education-and-three-maryland-school-districts-alleged-title-ix" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "mpssaa", "title": "MPSSAA transgender participation guidance", "url": "https://www.mpssaa.org/assets/1/6/MPSSAA_Transgender_Guidance_revised_8.16.pdf", "kind": "Association guidance access lead", "date": "2016-08 revision", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Indexed text available; direct PDF denied (403), newer authoritative edition not verified." }, { "id": "mcps", "title": "MCPS Gender Identity Guidelines, 2026–2027", "url": "https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/students/rights/gender-identity/gender-identity-guidelines-students.pdf", "kind": "Official district handbook", "date": "2026–2027 edition", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Pages 5–6 address athletics, facilities and overnight trips; full document reviewed." }, { "id": "mcpsPortal", "title": "MCPS student handbooks and publication dates", "url": "https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/students/rights/", "kind": "Official district publication portal", "date": "2026–2027 edition", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Portal labels linked gender-identity handbook as updated for 2026–2027." }, { "id": "mdAction", "title": "ED investigations of MSDE and three Maryland districts", "url": "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-opens-investigations-maryland-state-department-of-education-and-three-maryland-school-districts-alleged-title-ix", "kind": "Federal agency announcement", "date": "2026-06-23", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Official indexed announcement reviewed; direct retrieval intermittently denied." } ] }, { "id": "new-hampshire", "name": "New Hampshire", "state": "NH", "status": "Enacted sports statute reviewed", "published": true, "path": "/education/title-ix-girls-sports/states/new-hampshire.html", "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/states/new-hampshire.html", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "authority": "RSA 193:41 and RSA 193:42 (2024, chapter 228).", "adoptionDate": "2024 session law, chapter 228; exact signing date not established by this review.", "effectiveDate": "August 18, 2024.", "coverage": "Grades 5–12 in public schools and private schools whose students or teams compete against public-school students or teams. Kindergarten through grade 4 is excluded.", "eligibility": "Teams are designated male, female or coed. The statute uses biological sex at birth, established through the specified birth-certificate mechanism.", "sports": "Female teams are not open to male students under the statute; mixed-sex intramural programs are separately excepted.", "facilities": "These two sports sections do not establish a complete restroom or locker-room policy.", "overnight": "Unknown/not located", "enforcement": "School boards oversee compliance. RSA 193:42 supplies private injunctive/damages remedies, a two-year limitation period, fees and anti-retaliation protection.", "guidance": "The enacted text is the basis of this record; a current NHIAA implementation manual was not reviewed.", "litigation": "Current New Hampshire trial-court orders were not independently verified in this sample.", "orderScope": "Unknown/not located. This is a statutory-text record, not a certification that every provision is free from a court limitation.", "federalInteraction": "The Supreme Court’s June 30 ruling concerns West Virginia and Idaho laws. It does not by itself establish the disposition of a separate New Hampshire case.", "implementation": "Unknown/not located", "latestEvent": "Official RSA text reviewed October 10, 2026.", "gap": "Obtain operative New Hampshire orders, current association implementation, and separate facilities/lodging law before expanding this page.", "sources": [ "nhLaw", "nhRemedy", "scotus" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XV/193/193-41.htm", "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XV/193/193-42.htm", "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "nhLaw", "title": "New Hampshire RSA 193:41: school sports", "url": "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XV/193/193-41.htm", "kind": "Enacted statute", "date": "2024-08-18 effective", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Grade and school coverage, team designation and exceptions reviewed." }, { "id": "nhRemedy", "title": "New Hampshire RSA 193:42: remedies", "url": "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XV/193/193-42.htm", "kind": "Enacted statute", "date": "2024-08-18 effective", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Private remedies, limitation period and anti-retaliation provisions reviewed." }, { "id": "scotus", "title": "Supreme Court opinion: West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox", "url": "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf", "kind": "Court opinion", "date": "2026-06-30", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Opinion and limiting footnote 1 reviewed." } ] }, { "id": "california", "name": "California", "state": "CA", "status": "Research record — current controlling documents incomplete", "published": false, "path": null, "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/states.html#california", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "authority": "Education Code §221.5(f), quoted in California’s June 9, 2025 federal complaint; CIF Bylaw 300.D requires current-manual verification.", "adoptionDate": "Unknown/not located", "effectiveDate": "Unknown/not located", "coverage": "The state’s filing describes pupil participation and sex-segregated programs/facilities. CIF governs member interscholastic athletics.", "eligibility": "California’s filed position describes participation and facility access consistent with gender identity. This is corroboration from a party filing, not independent verification of the current statutory page.", "sports": "CIF current edition was blocked during review; exact 2026–2027 implementation is Unknown/not located.", "facilities": "The quoted statute addresses facilities as well as programs; local privacy alternatives require district documents.", "overnight": "Unknown/not located", "enforcement": "Unknown/not located", "guidance": "Unknown/not located", "litigation": "California pre-enforcement case 3:25-cv-04863 differs from United States v. CIF, 8:25-cv-01485. A docket mirror records an August 31, 2026 dismissal in the latter.", "orderScope": "Operative dismissal PDF inaccessible; no independent characterization of its full scope or appeal status.", "federalInteraction": "DOJ sued CDE/CIF July 9, 2025; DOJ opened a separate four-district compliance review June 8, 2026.", "implementation": "Unknown/not located", "latestEvent": "Docket mirror entry 54 dated August 31, 2026 located; primary order not retrieved.", "gap": "Held from a standalone page: current statute/manual access and operative California order remain incomplete.", "sources": [ "caStat", "caComplaint", "caCde", "cif", "caSuit", "caDocket", "caOrder", "caReview" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=221.5.", "https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/ECF%20No.%201%20-%20Complaint.pdf", "https://www.cde.ca.gov/NR/fa/yr25cosoltr0609.asp", "https://www.cifstate.org/governance/constitution/300_Series.pdf", "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-california-violating-title-ix-denying-girls-athletic-opportunities", "https://clearinghouse.net/case/46777/", "https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978008/gov.uscourts.cacd.978008.54.0.pdf", "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-launches-compliance-review-concerning-gender-ideology-san-francisco" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "caStat", "title": "California Education Code §221.5", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=221.5.", "kind": "Enacted statute access lead", "date": "Unknown/not located", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Direct retrieval blocked; text corroborated only through official party filing in this review." }, { "id": "caComplaint", "title": "California pre-enforcement complaint quoting Education Code §221.5(f)", "url": "https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/ECF%20No.%201%20-%20Complaint.pdf", "kind": "Party filing", "date": "2025-06-09", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Separate case 3:25-cv-04863; cited as California position, not court findings." }, { "id": "caCde", "title": "California Department of Education response to DOJ", "url": "https://www.cde.ca.gov/NR/fa/yr25cosoltr0609.asp", "kind": "State agency position", "date": "2025-06-09", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Agency response; does not establish a judicial outcome." }, { "id": "cif", "title": "CIF Constitution, 300 series", "url": "https://www.cifstate.org/governance/constitution/300_Series.pdf", "kind": "Association manual access lead", "date": "Unknown/not located", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Direct retrieval blocked; current edition not certified." }, { "id": "caSuit", "title": "DOJ announcement of California / CIF lawsuit", "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-california-violating-title-ix-denying-girls-athletic-opportunities", "kind": "Federal agency / plaintiff announcement", "date": "2025-07-09", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Historical filing only; cannot establish current disposition." }, { "id": "caDocket", "title": "California / CIF public docket mirror", "url": "https://clearinghouse.net/case/46777/", "kind": "Secondary docket mirror / research lead", "date": "2026-08-31", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Entry 54 records dismissal with prejudice. Operative PDF blocked; held for direct order verification." }, { "id": "caOrder", "title": "California / CIF order, docket entry 54", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978008/gov.uscourts.cacd.978008.54.0.pdf", "kind": "Court order access lead", "date": "2026-08-31", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Access blocked (403). Not used as independently verified operative text." }, { "id": "caReview", "title": "DOJ review of four California districts", "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-launches-compliance-review-concerning-gender-ideology-san-francisco", "kind": "Federal agency announcement", "date": "2026-06-08", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Review announcement includes Title IX sports/facilities issues; not a finding." } ] }, { "id": "colorado", "name": "Colorado", "state": "CO", "status": "Research record — association policy and agency finding", "published": false, "path": null, "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/states.html#colorado", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "authority": "CHSAA Bylaw 300 and linked inclusion policy; separate Jeffco OCR matter.", "adoptionDate": "CHSAA portal posted a policy titled 2019 on March 25, 2026. Posting does not establish a new adoption.", "effectiveDate": "Unknown/not located", "coverage": "CHSAA member events; Jeffco investigation is local to the named district.", "eligibility": "CHSAA uses a confidential home-school determination and written notice of consistent gender identity, with association review.", "sports": "Unknown/not located", "facilities": "CHSAA policy advises schools on restroom/locker access; district implementation needs separate documents.", "overnight": "Jeffco agency finding covers overnight accommodations, but no statewide lodging rule was established here.", "enforcement": "Unknown/not located", "guidance": "Unknown/not located", "litigation": "Later Jeffco litigation leads require operative complaint/order retrieval.", "orderScope": "Unknown/not located", "federalInteraction": "June 26, 2026 Jeffco impending enforcement notice follows March findings and proposed agreements; a threatened referral is not a verified filing.", "implementation": "Unknown/not located", "latestEvent": "June 26, 2026 federal announcement is the latest independently reviewed Jeffco enforcement event.", "gap": "No standalone state page: current statewide statute/regulation analysis and post-June Jeffco docket are incomplete.", "sources": [ "chsaa", "chsaaPdf", "jeffcoAction", "jeffcoPortal" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://chsaanow.com/documents/2026/3/25/TRANSGENDER_POLICY_STATEMENT_2019.pdf", "https://chsaa-media.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/25145708/TRANSGENDER_POLICY_STATEMENT_2019.pdf", "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-takes-action-against-jefferson-county-public-schools-continued-violations-of-title-ix", "https://www.jeffcopublicschools.org/services/legal/title-ix" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "chsaa", "title": "CHSAA transgender inclusion bylaw and policy", "url": "https://chsaanow.com/documents/2026/3/25/TRANSGENDER_POLICY_STATEMENT_2019.pdf", "kind": "Official association policy portal", "date": "2026-03-25 posting", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Linked three-page policy reviewed. Filename says 2019; posting date is not adoption date." }, { "id": "chsaaPdf", "title": "CHSAA policy PDF linked by official portal", "url": "https://chsaa-media.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/25145708/TRANSGENDER_POLICY_STATEMENT_2019.pdf", "kind": "Association policy document", "date": "2019 filename / 2026 posting", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Bylaw 300, eligibility procedures, privacy and facilities advice." }, { "id": "jeffcoAction", "title": "ED impending enforcement announcement: Jefferson County", "url": "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-takes-action-against-jefferson-county-public-schools-continued-violations-of-title-ix", "kind": "Federal agency announcement", "date": "2026-06-26", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Indexed official text reviewed. Proposed agreements and threatened remedies distinguished from completed enforcement." }, { "id": "jeffcoPortal", "title": "Jeffco Title IX reporting and resources", "url": "https://www.jeffcopublicschools.org/services/legal/title-ix", "kind": "Official district complaint route", "date": "Current page", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Local policy and reporting entry point; not proof of a signed federal agreement." } ] }, { "id": "michigan", "name": "Michigan", "state": "MI", "status": "Research record — investigations; current manual unverified", "published": false, "path": null, "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/states.html#michigan", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "authority": "MHSAA August 2024 handbook is historical; OCR announcement names three local school districts.", "adoptionDate": "Unknown/not located", "effectiveDate": "Unknown/not located", "coverage": "MHSAA school athletics and separately identified Ann Arbor, Monroe and Chippewa Valley investigations.", "eligibility": "Historical handbook uses case-by-case review; current 2026–2027 criteria are Unknown/not located.", "sports": "No statewide current participation conclusion is drawn from the historical handbook.", "facilities": "OCR alleges team and locker-room issues; allegation is not verified local implementation.", "overnight": "Unknown/not located", "enforcement": "Unknown/not located", "guidance": "Unknown/not located", "litigation": "Unknown/not located", "orderScope": "Unknown/not located", "federalInteraction": "OCR investigations opened June 18, 2026; later findings and signed resolutions not located.", "implementation": "Unknown/not located", "latestEvent": "June 18, 2026 investigation announcement reviewed.", "gap": "Current state law, current MHSAA manual, local policies and later agency outcomes are required for a standalone page.", "sources": [ "mhsaa", "miAction" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.mhsaa.com/sites/default/files/Administrators/2024%20MHSAA%20Handbook%20Final%20-%20August%20Update.pdf", "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-opens-three-new-investigations-michigan-school-districts-alleged-title-ix-violations" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "mhsaa", "title": "MHSAA handbook, August 2024 update", "url": "https://www.mhsaa.com/sites/default/files/Administrators/2024%20MHSAA%20Handbook%20Final%20-%20August%20Update.pdf", "kind": "Historical association manual", "date": "2024-08", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Historical case-by-case rule only; 2026–2027 edition not verified." }, { "id": "miAction", "title": "ED investigations of three Michigan districts", "url": "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-opens-three-new-investigations-michigan-school-districts-alleged-title-ix-violations", "kind": "Federal agency announcement", "date": "2026-06-18", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Official indexed announcement reviewed. Allegations have not been converted into findings." } ] } ], "organizations": [ { "id": "wiaa", "name": "Washington Interscholastic Activities Association", "state": "WA", "status": "Current manual reviewed", "published": true, "path": "/education/title-ix-girls-sports/organizations/wiaa.html", "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/organizations/wiaa.html", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "policy": "2026–2027 handbook: 18.16.0; appeal rule 19.6.2.1.", "adoptionDate": "2026–2027 edition; original adoption date and roll-call vote not located.", "coverage": "WIAA member interscholastic athletics.", "eligibility": "Participation follows gender identity. School eligibility staff evaluate the request; approval continues for the student’s interscholastic eligibility without annual renewal.", "sports": "The handbook provides a gender-identity route to team eligibility, separate from the general equal-opportunity rule in state regulation.", "facilities": "Use OSPI guidance and the member school’s policy; the cited eligibility rule alone is not a complete facilities procedure.", "overnight": "Unknown/not located in the cited eligibility rules.", "safety": "Eligibility appeals have a committee process; safety or discrimination complaints also need the school’s civil-rights route.", "boardAction": "Unknown/not located", "associationRule": "Rules 18.16.0 and 19.6.2.1 are the controlling association provisions reviewed.", "federalStatus": "No WIAA-specific finding or signed resolution independently verified in this sample.", "response": "Unknown/not located", "resolution": "Unknown/not located", "litigation": "Unknown/not located", "requestRoute": "Begin with school administration/athletic eligibility staff. Rule 19.6.2.1 provides a gender-identity eligibility appeal committee of at least three, including specified professional and school representation.", "implementation": "Written rules verified; individual school decisions not audited.", "latestEvent": "2026–2027 handbook and August 2026 publication portal reviewed.", "gap": "Original vote, district rooming rules and current individual implementation remain unverified.", "sources": [ "wiaa", "wiaaPortal", "waGuidance", "waRule" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://wiaa-dna4aga5arc0gyeb.westus2-01.azurewebsites.net/results/handbook/26-27/26-27%20Handbook.pdf", "https://www.wiaa.com/category/handbook/", "https://ospi.k12.wa.us/policy-funding/equity-and-civil-rights/information-families-civil-rights-washington-schools/gender-inclusive-schools", "https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=392-190-025" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "wiaa", "title": "WIAA handbook 2026–2027", "url": "https://wiaa-dna4aga5arc0gyeb.westus2-01.azurewebsites.net/results/handbook/26-27/26-27%20Handbook.pdf", "kind": "Association manual", "date": "2026–2027 edition", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Rules 18.16.0 and 19.6.2.1 reviewed." }, { "id": "wiaaPortal", "title": "WIAA handbook publication portal", "url": "https://www.wiaa.com/category/handbook/", "kind": "Official association portal", "date": "2026-08-26 update", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Links current handbook and amendments." }, { "id": "waGuidance", "title": "OSPI gender-inclusive schools: family guidance", "url": "https://ospi.k12.wa.us/policy-funding/equity-and-civil-rights/information-families-civil-rights-washington-schools/gender-inclusive-schools", "kind": "State education guidance", "date": "Current page", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Sports and facility guidance; not verification of each district’s practice." }, { "id": "waRule", "title": "Washington WAC 392-190-025: recreational and athletic activities", "url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=392-190-025", "kind": "Enacted regulation", "date": "2026-08-22 effective", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Official rule and amendment history reviewed." } ] }, { "id": "ncaa", "name": "National Collegiate Athletic Association", "state": "National", "status": "Competition and practice rules reviewed", "published": true, "path": "/education/title-ix-girls-sports/organizations/ncaa.html", "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/organizations/ncaa.html", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "policy": "Participation Policy for Transgender Student-Athletes.", "adoptionDate": "Effective February 6, 2025.", "coverage": "NCAA sex-separated regular-season, conference, postseason, scrimmage and exhibition competition.", "eligibility": "Men’s teams are available to otherwise eligible athletes. Athletes assigned male at birth cannot compete on women’s teams under this policy.", "sports": "Women’s practice participation and competition are different. Practice consistent with gender identity is permitted; a female athlete taking testosterone cannot compete on a women’s team.", "facilities": "This participation policy does not establish a complete locker-room or restroom procedure.", "overnight": "No lodging allocation rule is established by this source.", "safety": "Member schools certify compliance. The policy provides no waiver and recognizes applicable law as superseding it.", "boardAction": "Policy effective date is published; meeting roll-call evidence not located.", "associationRule": "NCAA college rule, not a K–12 association rule.", "federalStatus": "A federal executive action preceded this change; this page does not treat the NCAA policy as a court order.", "response": "Unknown/not located", "resolution": "Unknown/not located", "litigation": "Unknown/not located", "requestRoute": "Contact the member institution’s athletics compliance office for certification and application.", "implementation": "Institution-level enforcement was not audited.", "latestEvent": "Policy effective February 6, 2025 remains the published policy reviewed October 10, 2026.", "gap": "Campus-specific facilities, lodging and safety procedures require separate documents.", "sources": [ "ncaa", "scotus" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.ncaa.org/what-we-do/health-safety-and-performance/participation-policy-for-transgender-student-athletes/", "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "ncaa", "title": "NCAA participation policy for transgender student-athletes", "url": "https://www.ncaa.org/what-we-do/health-safety-and-performance/participation-policy-for-transgender-student-athletes/", "kind": "Association policy", "date": "2025-02-06 effective", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Competition, practice, certification and exceptions reviewed separately." }, { "id": "scotus", "title": "Supreme Court opinion: West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox", "url": "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf", "kind": "Court opinion", "date": "2026-06-30", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Opinion and limiting footnote 1 reviewed." } ] }, { "id": "mcps", "name": "Montgomery County Public Schools", "state": "MD", "status": "2026–2027 district handbook reviewed", "published": true, "path": "/education/title-ix-girls-sports/organizations/mcps.html", "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/organizations/mcps.html", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "policy": "Guidelines for Student Gender Identity 2026–2027; Board Policy ACA; Form 560-80; safety policies JHF and COA.", "adoptionDate": "2026–2027 publication verified; exact current edition adoption date and board vote not located.", "coverage": "MCPS schools, interscholastic athletics, facilities, outdoor education and overnight field trips.", "eligibility": "Team options include sex assigned at birth, transitioned gender, or gender identity consistently asserted at school. Approved interscholastic eligibility continues for the duration of participation.", "sports": "Eligibility appeals go to the Department of Athletics. The handbook also addresses accommodations at visiting schools while preserving confidentiality.", "facilities": "Access follows gender identity consistently asserted at school. Any student requesting privacy should receive a safe alternative, such as a private restroom, partition or separate changing schedule.", "overnight": "Supervised outdoor education allows requested private alternatives when practicable. For secondary hotel trips without adult room supervision, parents should receive roommate assignments; the handbook describes same-birth-sex rooming or requested alternatives.", "safety": "JHF/JHF-RA addresses bullying; COA/COA-RA addresses threat assessment. The district compliance office provides Title IX and student-welfare reporting.", "boardAction": "The handbook cites Board Policy ACA; a roll-call vote for this handbook edition was not located.", "associationRule": "Local eligibility procedures are described directly; the statewide MPSSAA guidance needs current-edition verification.", "federalStatus": "OCR announced a Title IX investigation June 23, 2026. No finding was independently located.", "response": "The district’s current handbook is its published operating guidance; a specific response to OCR was not located.", "resolution": "Proposed and signed federal resolution documents: Unknown/not located.", "litigation": "A controlling order specific to the sports/facilities investigation was not located.", "requestRoute": "Contact the school principal/counselor for a support plan, Department of Athletics for eligibility appeals, or the district compliance office for Title IX concerns.", "implementation": "Written handbook verified; no individual student records or actual room assignments reviewed.", "latestEvent": "Current 2026–2027 handbook retrieved from the official student-rights portal.", "gap": "Agency case documents, current board vote evidence and local implementation outcomes remain unverified.", "sources": [ "mcps", "mcpsPortal", "mcpsComplaint", "mdAction", "mpssaa" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/students/rights/gender-identity/gender-identity-guidelines-students.pdf", "https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/students/rights/", "https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/compliance/", "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-opens-investigations-maryland-state-department-of-education-and-three-maryland-school-districts-alleged-title-ix", "https://www.mpssaa.org/assets/1/6/MPSSAA_Transgender_Guidance_revised_8.16.pdf" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "mcps", "title": "MCPS Gender Identity Guidelines, 2026–2027", "url": "https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/students/rights/gender-identity/gender-identity-guidelines-students.pdf", "kind": "Official district handbook", "date": "2026–2027 edition", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Pages 5–6 address athletics, facilities and overnight trips; full document reviewed." }, { "id": "mcpsPortal", "title": "MCPS student handbooks and publication dates", "url": "https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/students/rights/", "kind": "Official district publication portal", "date": "2026–2027 edition", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Portal labels linked gender-identity handbook as updated for 2026–2027." }, { "id": "mcpsComplaint", "title": "MCPS Title IX and student welfare reporting", "url": "https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/compliance/", "kind": "Official district complaint route", "date": "Current page", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Use current district contact and reporting procedure." }, { "id": "mdAction", "title": "ED investigations of MSDE and three Maryland districts", "url": "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-opens-investigations-maryland-state-department-of-education-and-three-maryland-school-districts-alleged-title-ix", "kind": "Federal agency announcement", "date": "2026-06-23", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Official indexed announcement reviewed; direct retrieval intermittently denied." }, { "id": "mpssaa", "title": "MPSSAA transgender participation guidance", "url": "https://www.mpssaa.org/assets/1/6/MPSSAA_Transgender_Guidance_revised_8.16.pdf", "kind": "Association guidance access lead", "date": "2016-08 revision", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Indexed text available; direct PDF denied (403), newer authoritative edition not verified." } ] }, { "id": "chsaa", "name": "Colorado High School Activities Association", "state": "CO", "status": "Official policy document reviewed", "published": true, "path": "/education/title-ix-girls-sports/organizations/chsaa.html", "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/organizations/chsaa.html", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "policy": "Bylaw 300 Equity Code and transgender inclusion policy; portal title includes 2019.", "adoptionDate": "Posted March 25, 2026; original approval date and vote not established.", "coverage": "CHSAA-sanctioned member-school activities and athletics.", "eligibility": "The home school conducts a confidential determination after student/parent written notice of consistent gender identity and requested events. CHSAA can review eligibility decisions.", "sports": "Participation follows the recognized gender identity. Supporting personal/medical documents may be volunteered but cannot be required under the reviewed policy.", "facilities": "The policy’s school-awareness section advises access to restrooms and locker rooms consistent with gender identity.", "overnight": "No overnight-assignment rule was located in this three-page policy.", "safety": "Discussions and documents are confidential unless the student and family request otherwise. The policy describes prohibited harassment.", "boardAction": "Document states board approval, but no dated minutes or vote tally was located.", "associationRule": "Bylaw 300 and the related policy; referenced Bylaw 2850.3 requires separate current-manual review.", "federalStatus": "Jeffco’s OCR matter is a district proceeding; no CHSAA finding was verified.", "response": "Unknown/not located", "resolution": "Unknown/not located", "litigation": "Unknown/not located", "requestRoute": "Submit eligibility notice through the member school, then use CHSAA review procedures.", "implementation": "Documentary policy review only.", "latestEvent": "Official March 25, 2026 policy posting reviewed.", "gap": "Current complete handbook, adoption vote and lodging rules remain unverified.", "sources": [ "chsaa", "chsaaPdf", "jeffcoAction" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://chsaanow.com/documents/2026/3/25/TRANSGENDER_POLICY_STATEMENT_2019.pdf", "https://chsaa-media.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/25145708/TRANSGENDER_POLICY_STATEMENT_2019.pdf", "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-takes-action-against-jefferson-county-public-schools-continued-violations-of-title-ix" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "chsaa", "title": "CHSAA transgender inclusion bylaw and policy", "url": "https://chsaanow.com/documents/2026/3/25/TRANSGENDER_POLICY_STATEMENT_2019.pdf", "kind": "Official association policy portal", "date": "2026-03-25 posting", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Linked three-page policy reviewed. Filename says 2019; posting date is not adoption date." }, { "id": "chsaaPdf", "title": "CHSAA policy PDF linked by official portal", "url": "https://chsaa-media.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/25145708/TRANSGENDER_POLICY_STATEMENT_2019.pdf", "kind": "Association policy document", "date": "2019 filename / 2026 posting", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Bylaw 300, eligibility procedures, privacy and facilities advice." }, { "id": "jeffcoAction", "title": "ED impending enforcement announcement: Jefferson County", "url": "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-takes-action-against-jefferson-county-public-schools-continued-violations-of-title-ix", "kind": "Federal agency announcement", "date": "2026-06-26", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Indexed official text reviewed. Proposed agreements and threatened remedies distinguished from completed enforcement." } ] }, { "id": "onalaska", "name": "Onalaska School District #300", "state": "WA", "status": "Local policy notice and privacy alternatives reviewed", "published": true, "path": "/education/title-ix-girls-sports/organizations/onalaska.html", "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/organizations/onalaska.html", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "policy": "Gender-Inclusive Schools Policy 3211 and Procedure 3211P, linked by district notice.", "adoptionDate": "District says developed September 23, 2019; explanatory notice dated September 9, 2022.", "coverage": "Onalaska schools; athletics and physical education follow the district’s described WIAA approach.", "eligibility": "The district notice states that physical education and athletic participation correspond to gender identity.", "sports": "Current WIAA handbook is linked as the separate association-level source.", "facilities": "The district describes access corresponding to consistent gender identity and a private alternative for any student requesting it, including single-stall office locations.", "overnight": "Unknown/not located", "safety": "Questions and privacy requests go through district administration and its Title IX/civil-rights office.", "boardAction": "Adoption date reported by the district; underlying minutes and vote tally not independently reviewed.", "associationRule": "WIAA 2026–2027 rules provide the separate eligibility framework.", "federalStatus": "No Onalaska-specific federal finding located in the reviewed sources.", "response": "Unknown/not located", "resolution": "Unknown/not located", "litigation": "Unknown/not located", "requestRoute": "Use the official district notice and its administration/Title IX contact for the current request route.", "implementation": "The district describes privacy locations, but no onsite or student-level practice audit was performed.", "latestEvent": "Official notice remains available; reviewed October 10, 2026.", "gap": "Later amendments, meeting votes and overnight-travel procedures were not located.", "sources": [ "onalaska", "wiaa", "waGuidance" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.onysd.wednet.edu/page/gender-inclusive-schools", "https://wiaa-dna4aga5arc0gyeb.westus2-01.azurewebsites.net/results/handbook/26-27/26-27%20Handbook.pdf", "https://ospi.k12.wa.us/policy-funding/equity-and-civil-rights/information-families-civil-rights-washington-schools/gender-inclusive-schools" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "onalaska", "title": "Onalaska gender-inclusive schools notice", "url": "https://www.onysd.wednet.edu/page/gender-inclusive-schools", "kind": "Official district policy notice", "date": "2022-09-09", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Links policies 3211 and 3211P; describes September 23, 2019 adoption. Later board votes not verified." }, { "id": "wiaa", "title": "WIAA handbook 2026–2027", "url": "https://wiaa-dna4aga5arc0gyeb.westus2-01.azurewebsites.net/results/handbook/26-27/26-27%20Handbook.pdf", "kind": "Association manual", "date": "2026–2027 edition", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Rules 18.16.0 and 19.6.2.1 reviewed." }, { "id": "waGuidance", "title": "OSPI gender-inclusive schools: family guidance", "url": "https://ospi.k12.wa.us/policy-funding/equity-and-civil-rights/information-families-civil-rights-washington-schools/gender-inclusive-schools", "kind": "State education guidance", "date": "Current page", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Sports and facility guidance; not verification of each district’s practice." } ] }, { "id": "mshsl", "name": "Minnesota State High School League", "state": "MN", "status": "Bylaw, agency findings and litigation distinguished", "published": true, "path": "/education/title-ix-girls-sports/organizations/mshsl.html", "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/organizations/mshsl.html", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "policy": "Bylaw 300.00(3), reproduced in the April 15, 2026 Eighth Circuit opinion.", "adoptionDate": "February 2016, according to the appellate opinion.", "coverage": "MSHSL member high-school athletics and activities.", "eligibility": "Reviewed bylaw permits participation consistent with gender identity or expression, subject to applicable law.", "sports": "The bylaw’s existence is verified through a court opinion; the complete current manual and individual eligibility decisions were not independently audited.", "facilities": "DOJ’s complaint includes intimate-space allegations. The complaint is not a verified local facilities inventory.", "overnight": "Unknown/not located", "safety": "School administration is the first practical source for the current eligibility and complaint procedure; detailed gender-specific appeal paperwork was not verified.", "boardAction": "Adoption month is reported in the opinion; original minutes/vote not located.", "associationRule": "MSHSL Bylaw 300.00(3); do not confuse MSHSL with other states’ similarly abbreviated associations.", "federalStatus": "ED/HHS findings announced September 30, 2025; referral announced January 26, 2026; DOJ complaint filed March 30, 2026.", "response": "Minnesota’s attorney general maintains that gender-identity participation follows state law. That is a party/state legal position.", "resolution": "Federal proposal reported; signed resolution not located.", "litigation": "United States v. Minnesota is separate from Female Athletes United v. Ellison. The April 2026 appellate ruling affirmed denial of preliminary relief in the latter.", "requestRoute": "Start with the member school’s athletic administrator and the MSHSL eligibility resources referenced by MDE; ask for the current written procedure.", "implementation": "No individual participation or facilities records were collected.", "latestEvent": "April 15, 2026 appellate opinion is the latest operative MSHSL order independently reviewed.", "gap": "Later federal docket events, current manual and district facilities policies remain open research items.", "sources": [ "fau", "mnReport", "mnAG", "mnReferral", "mnSuit", "mnComplaint" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/docs/25-2899_FAU_Opinion.pdf", "https://education.mn.gov/mdeprod/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&Rendition=primary&RevisionSelectionMethod=latestReleased&dDocName=PROD098729", "https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/04/16_Transgener-Athletes.asp", "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-departments-of-education-and-health-and-human-services-refer-minnesota-case-us-department-of-justice-title-ix-non-compliance", "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-minnesota-protect-girls-sports-and-intimate-spaces", "https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1433251/dl" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "fau", "title": "Female Athletes United v. Ellison, No. 25-2899", "url": "https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/docs/25-2899_FAU_Opinion.pdf", "kind": "Court opinion hosted by a litigant", "date": "2026-04-15", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Operative appellate opinion reviewed; subsequent proceedings not established." }, { "id": "mnReport", "title": "MDE report on the MSHSL, fiscal year 2026", "url": "https://education.mn.gov/mdeprod/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&Rendition=primary&RevisionSelectionMethod=latestReleased&dDocName=PROD098729", "kind": "Official legislative report", "date": "FY2026", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Historical investigation and litigation chronology; later opinion supersedes appeal forecast." }, { "id": "mnAG", "title": "Minnesota attorney general account and legal position", "url": "https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/04/16_Transgener-Athletes.asp", "kind": "State agency / litigant position", "date": "2026-04-16", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Position attributed to attorney general; appellate opinion controls." }, { "id": "mnReferral", "title": "ED and HHS referral of Minnesota Title IX matter", "url": "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-departments-of-education-and-health-and-human-services-refer-minnesota-case-us-department-of-justice-title-ix-non-compliance", "kind": "Federal agency announcement", "date": "2026-01-26", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Official indexed announcement reviewed; direct retrieval intermittently denied." }, { "id": "mnSuit", "title": "DOJ announcement of Minnesota lawsuit", "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-minnesota-protect-girls-sports-and-intimate-spaces", "kind": "Federal agency / plaintiff announcement", "date": "2026-03-30", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Filing and requested remedies; not a judgment." }, { "id": "mnComplaint", "title": "United States v. Minnesota: filed complaint", "url": "https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1433251/dl", "kind": "Party filing", "date": "2026-03-30", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Case 0:26-cv-02078, Document 1; allegations and requested relief only." } ] }, { "id": "cif", "name": "California Interscholastic Federation", "state": "CA", "status": "Research record — manual and operative order blocked", "published": false, "path": null, "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/organizations.html#cif", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "policy": "CIF Bylaw 300.D described in California’s 2025 filing; current full text not retrieved.", "adoptionDate": "Unknown/not located", "coverage": "Unknown/not located", "eligibility": "Unknown/not located", "sports": "Unknown/not located", "facilities": "Unknown/not located", "overnight": "Unknown/not located", "safety": "Unknown/not located", "boardAction": "Unknown/not located", "associationRule": "Unknown/not located", "federalStatus": "DOJ lawsuit filed July 9, 2025; later disposition requires direct order verification.", "response": "California’s June 2025 filing defends gender-identity participation under state law.", "resolution": "Unknown/not located", "litigation": "Docket mirror entry 54 records August 31, 2026 dismissal with prejudice. 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Do not label a PPRA inquiry as a Title IX finding.", "sources": [ "denverAction" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-investigates-districts-washington-and-colorado-protect-parental-rights-laws-and-uphold-title-ix" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "denverAction", "title": "ED investigations: Denver Title IX and separate PPRA matters", "url": "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-investigates-districts-washington-and-colorado-protect-parental-rights-laws-and-uphold-title-ix", "kind": "Federal agency announcement", "date": "2026-07-28", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Denver OCR Title IX investigation distinct from SPPO PPRA investigations." } ] } ], "federal": [ { "id": "minnesota-referral", "name": "Minnesota ED/HHS findings and referral", "state": "MN", "status": "Agency findings; referral announced", "published": false, "path": null, "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/federal.html#minnesota-referral", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "agency": "U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights.", "authority": "Title IX; each agency’s recipient oversight. 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Separate parental-records proceedings are not sports findings.", "gap": "Current agency case files, district responses and later outcomes not located.", "sources": [ "miAction" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-opens-three-new-investigations-michigan-school-districts-alleged-title-ix-violations" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "miAction", "title": "ED investigations of three Michigan districts", "url": "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-opens-three-new-investigations-michigan-school-districts-alleged-title-ix-violations", "kind": "Federal agency announcement", "date": "2026-06-18", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Official indexed announcement reviewed. 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This historical period is not presented as a current deadline.", "referral": "Potential referral threatened; completed referral not established by this announcement.", "lawsuit": "Later litigation leads not independently verified through operative documents.", "response": "Official district Title IX resources located; responsive agency correspondence not reviewed.", "latestEvent": "June 26, 2026 warning is the latest independently reviewed enforcement document.", "gap": "Post-warning disposition, later litigation and signed agreement status remain unverified.", "sources": [ "jeffcoAction", "jeffcoPortal" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-takes-action-against-jefferson-county-public-schools-continued-violations-of-title-ix", "https://www.jeffcopublicschools.org/services/legal/title-ix" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "jeffcoAction", "title": "ED impending enforcement announcement: Jefferson County", "url": "https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-takes-action-against-jefferson-county-public-schools-continued-violations-of-title-ix", "kind": "Federal agency announcement", "date": "2026-06-26", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Indexed official text reviewed. 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Facilities and room assignments are not resolved by that sports holding.", "latestEvent": "August 13, 2026 Fourth Circuit remand order.", "nextDeadline": "Unknown/not located", "gap": "This page does not claim to monitor every later trial-court entry.", "sources": [ "scotus", "bpjDocket", "bpjRemand" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf", "https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-43.html", "https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/231078R1.U.pdf" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "scotus", "title": "Supreme Court opinion: West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. 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Hecox", "state": "ID", "status": "Supreme Court reversal; implementation follow-up open", "published": true, "path": "/education/title-ix-girls-sports/cases/little-v-hecox.html", "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/cases/little-v-hecox.html", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "dockets": "Supreme Court 24-38; Ninth Circuit 20-35813 and 20-35815. Trial docket not independently verified in this review.", "courts": "U.S. Supreme Court; Ninth Circuit; District of Idaho.", "parties": "Idaho Governor Bradley Little and other state officials; Lindsay Hecox and other plaintiffs. No minor identifying details reproduced.", "challengedPolicy": "Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act and sex-based eligibility restrictions.", "claims": "Equal Protection Clause challenge to the Idaho law; joint opinion also resolves the West Virginia Title IX question.", "filingDate": "Supreme Court petition filed July 11, 2024. Original trial complaint date: Unknown/not located in this review.", "posture": "Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit judgment and remanded June 30, 2026.", "preliminaryRelief": "The lower-court preliminary-injunction judgment was reviewed and reversed; later remand implementation must be checked in the lower court.", "permanentRelief": "No independently verified permanent injunction or post-remand trial order in this record.", "appeal": "Supreme Court judgment issued August 3, 2026; later Ninth Circuit implementation not independently located.", "supremeCourt": "Decision issued with West Virginia v. B.P.J., June 30, 2026.", "grantedDenied": "Idaho prevailed on the reviewed equal-protection challenge; the Ninth Circuit judgment was reversed.", "scope": "Sports eligibility for the challenged Idaho law. Do not transform the joint opinion into a national facilities mandate or proof that all inclusion policies are forbidden.", "latestEvent": "August 3, 2026 Supreme Court judgment issuance.", "nextDeadline": "Unknown/not located", "gap": "Obtain subsequent Ninth Circuit and district-court orders before describing current implementation details.", "sources": [ "scotus", "hecoxDocket" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-43_2b35.pdf", "https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-38.html" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "scotus", "title": "Supreme Court opinion: West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. 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California Interscholastic Federation", "state": "CA", "status": "Research record — disposition needs operative order", "published": false, "path": null, "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/cases.html#united-states-v-cif", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "dockets": "8:25-cv-01485.", "courts": "Central District of California.", "parties": "United States; California Interscholastic Federation and California Department of Education.", "challengedPolicy": "CDE/CIF gender-identity participation rules for girls’ athletics.", "claims": "Federal plaintiff alleges Title IX discrimination.", "filingDate": "July 9, 2025.", "posture": "Public docket mirror entry 54 reports dismissal with prejudice on August 31, 2026. Direct order retrieval was blocked.", "preliminaryRelief": "Unknown/not located", "permanentRelief": "Requested relief is not treated as granted; full dismissal scope independently unverified.", "appeal": "Unknown/not located; no inference from passage of time.", "supremeCourt": "The separate June 30 sports decision is context, not a disposition of this case.", "grantedDenied": "Operative August 31 order not retrieved; standalone case page withheld.", "scope": "Unknown/not located", "latestEvent": "August 31, 2026 mirrored docket event; current direct docket verification incomplete.", "nextDeadline": "Unknown/not located", "gap": "Primary dismissal order, judgment and any appeal required. This record is not labeled pending.", "sources": [ "caSuit", "caDocket", "caOrder" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-california-violating-title-ix-denying-girls-athletic-opportunities", "https://clearinghouse.net/case/46777/", "https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978008/gov.uscourts.cacd.978008.54.0.pdf" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "caSuit", "title": "DOJ announcement of California / CIF lawsuit", "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-california-violating-title-ix-denying-girls-athletic-opportunities", "kind": "Federal agency / plaintiff announcement", "date": "2025-07-09", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Historical filing only; cannot establish current disposition." }, { "id": "caDocket", "title": "California / CIF public docket mirror", "url": "https://clearinghouse.net/case/46777/", "kind": "Secondary docket mirror / research lead", "date": "2026-08-31", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Entry 54 records dismissal with prejudice. Operative PDF blocked; held for direct order verification." }, { "id": "caOrder", "title": "California / CIF order, docket entry 54", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978008/gov.uscourts.cacd.978008.54.0.pdf", "kind": "Court order access lead", "date": "2026-08-31", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Access blocked (403). Not used as independently verified operative text." } ] }, { "id": "united-states-v-minnesota", "name": "United States v. Minnesota", "state": "MN", "status": "Research record — complaint verified; later orders unverified", "published": false, "path": null, "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/cases.html#united-states-v-minnesota", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "dockets": "0:26-cv-02078; Document 1.", "courts": "District of Minnesota.", "parties": "United States; Minnesota Department of Education and Minnesota State High School League, as described in DOJ’s filed complaint.", "challengedPolicy": "Sports eligibility and intimate-space access based on gender identity.", "claims": "Title IX sex-discrimination allegations.", "filingDate": "March 30, 2026.", "posture": "Filed complaint verified; current docket disposition not independently established.", "preliminaryRelief": "Unknown/not located", "permanentRelief": "Declaratory, injunctive and damages relief requested; no award independently located.", "appeal": "Unknown/not located", "supremeCourt": "No Supreme Court case-specific disposition located.", "grantedDenied": "Complaint establishes requests, not relief granted.", "scope": "Named Minnesota defendants; no geographic scope of an unlocated order inferred.", "latestEvent": "March 30, 2026 filed complaint.", "nextDeadline": "Unknown/not located", "gap": "Current docket and operative orders required for a standalone case page.", "sources": [ "mnSuit", "mnComplaint" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-minnesota-protect-girls-sports-and-intimate-spaces", "https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1433251/dl" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "mnSuit", "title": "DOJ announcement of Minnesota lawsuit", "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-minnesota-protect-girls-sports-and-intimate-spaces", "kind": "Federal agency / plaintiff announcement", "date": "2026-03-30", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Filing and requested remedies; not a judgment." }, { "id": "mnComplaint", "title": "United States v. Minnesota: filed complaint", "url": "https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1433251/dl", "kind": "Party filing", "date": "2026-03-30", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Case 0:26-cv-02078, Document 1; allegations and requested relief only." } ] }, { "id": "female-athletes-united-v-ellison", "name": "Female Athletes United v. Ellison", "state": "MN", "status": "Research record — preliminary relief denial affirmed", "published": false, "path": null, "trackerUrl": "https://worthfighting.org/education/title-ix-girls-sports/cases.html#female-athletes-united-v-ellison", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "dockets": "Eighth Circuit 25-2899; trial docket not independently verified here.", "courts": "Eighth Circuit; District of Minnesota.", "parties": "Female Athletes United; Minnesota officials, MSHSL executive director and school boards.", "challengedPolicy": "MSHSL gender-identity bylaw and related state policy.", "claims": "Title IX claims concerning girls’ athletic opportunities.", "filingDate": "On or about May 19, 2025, according to the MDE report.", "posture": "April 15, 2026 opinion affirmed denial of preliminary injunction.", "preliminaryRelief": "Denied; affirmed on the scope of the Title IX private right of action. The court accepted associational standing, which is a different issue.", "permanentRelief": "Unknown/not located", "appeal": "Reviewed Eighth Circuit decision; later review not independently located.", "supremeCourt": "Subsequent effect of the June 30 joint sports opinion requires docket review.", "grantedDenied": "No preliminary injunction; the opinion did not reach further preliminary-injunction balancing.", "scope": "This preliminary-relief ruling is not a blanket judicial endorsement of every Minnesota policy.", "latestEvent": "April 15, 2026 appellate opinion.", "nextDeadline": "Unknown/not located", "gap": "Held from standalone publication until post-June proceedings and current trial docket are reviewed.", "sources": [ "fau", "mnReport" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/docs/25-2899_FAU_Opinion.pdf", "https://education.mn.gov/mdeprod/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&Rendition=primary&RevisionSelectionMethod=latestReleased&dDocName=PROD098729" ], "sourceProvenance": [ { "id": "fau", "title": "Female Athletes United v. Ellison, No. 25-2899", "url": "https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/docs/25-2899_FAU_Opinion.pdf", "kind": "Court opinion hosted by a litigant", "date": "2026-04-15", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Operative appellate opinion reviewed; subsequent proceedings not established." }, { "id": "mnReport", "title": "MDE report on the MSHSL, fiscal year 2026", "url": "https://education.mn.gov/mdeprod/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&Rendition=primary&RevisionSelectionMethod=latestReleased&dDocName=PROD098729", "kind": "Official legislative report", "date": "FY2026", "lastChecked": "2026-10-10", "verification": "Historical investigation and litigation chronology; later opinion supersedes appeal forecast." } ] } ], "methodology": [ "This is a purposive seven-state research sample, not a census of U.S. schools, laws, athletes or enforcement activity. The 20 organizations were selected for official policy documents or a documented connection to the reviewed federal matters.", "Record units differ: one state record, one organization record, one federal matter or grouped announcement, and one court case. A multi-district announcement counts once in the federal table. The same organization may appear in several tables; counts must not be added as unique institutions.", "Source priority is enacted law; operative court opinion/order and official docket; signed agreements and official letters; agency announcements; association manuals; district policies and board records; then party filings. Party allegations and legal positions are attributed. A docket mirror is a research lead where direct court access failed.", "October 10, 2026 is the last-check date, not the date of every source or a claim that all later events were available. Each record states the latest independently reviewed event. Older official documents and blocked sources are identified explicitly.", "Four state pages and six organization pages were selected for differentiated, usable primary-document detail. Two Supreme Court case pages have controlling opinions. Other candidates remain research records, with specific reasons for withholding a standalone page.", "Written policy does not establish actual compliance or implementation. We did not request student records, inspect facilities, evaluate individual athletes or reproduce names or identifying circumstances of minors. Public case pseudonyms are used only to identify the requested cases.", "Unknown/not located means the reviewed evidence does not establish the answer. It does not mean no policy, no investigation, noncompliance, or a legally required practice. Conflicting dates are not silently reconciled; publication dates do not substitute for adoption/effective dates.", "Corrections should identify the record and attach a public primary document through the site corrections route. Subsequent updates should preserve old dated exports, revise affected records and record the precise change." ], "definitions": { "Enacted / proposed": "An enacted statute is adopted law; a bill or draft is not. Effective date and practical implementation are separate.", "Investigation": "An agency is examining allegations. Opening a case does not establish a violation.", "Agency finding": "The agency has reached a determination under its authority. This is not a court judgment.", "Proposed / signed resolution": "A proposal is an offer of terms. A signed agreement requires an executed document; acceptance is never inferred from a deadline.", "Referral / filed lawsuit": "A referral asks another agency to act. A filed lawsuit requires a complaint and court docket.", "Complaint / court order": "A complaint sets out a party’s allegations and requested relief. An operative court order establishes what the court actually did.", "Preliminary / permanent relief": "Temporary relief pending litigation differs from final remedies; scope comes from the operative order.", "Appeal / stay": "An appeal does not by itself pause the challenged order or policy. A stay must be separately verified.", "Rule / local practice": "State law, association eligibility rules and district policies have different coverage. None alone proves actual local practice.", "Research record": "Useful evidence exists, but a stated gap prevents a sufficiently supported standalone page." }, "faq": [ { "q": "Did the Supreme Court require every school to exclude transgender girls from girls’ sports?", "a": "No. The June 30, 2026 joint opinion upheld the challenged West Virginia and Idaho restrictions. Footnote 1 expressly leaves a different question—whether schools may permit participation—unresolved. It is not a general facilities or lodging decision.", "sources": [ "scotus" ] }, { "q": "Does a Title IX investigation mean a school violated the law?", "a": "No. An opening announcement records allegations and an inquiry. Agency findings, signed agreements and judicial rulings are separate stages, shown in separate fields.", "sources": [ "mdAction", "caReview" ] }, { "q": "Are sports eligibility and locker-room rules the same policy?", "a": "They can appear in the same handbook, but they address different decisions. This tracker separates team eligibility, shared facilities, privacy alternatives and overnight accommodations. MCPS’s current handbook is one documented example.", "sources": [ "mcps" ] }, { "q": "Is this a complete national compliance ranking?", "a": "No. It is a dated, purposive review of seven states and 20 organizations. Missing documents are recorded as Unknown/not located, not scored as violations.", "sources": [] }, { "q": "Where should families or coaches request a policy or report a concern?", "a": "Use the school or association’s official route linked in its record. Ask for the current written eligibility, privacy and appeal procedures. The tracker does not collect personal student information.", "sources": [] } ], "updates": [ { "date": "2026-10-10", "text": "Initial researched release: seven state records, 20 organizations, eight federal matters and five cases. Four state, six organization and two case detail pages published. Blocked documents and subsequent-docket gaps retained." } ] }