The Daily Wire has learned that Maine’s Department of Education and the Maine Principals’ Association (MPA) are standing by their transgender policies for schools, including athletics — policies which run afoul of executive action from President Donald Trump.
Trump on Thursday said that he’ll be withholding federal funds from Maine following the news of a transgender-identifying boy taking first place in girls’ pole vaulting at Maine’s Class B state championship — a win that helped the high school take first place overall. A day later, the U.S. Department of Education said it has launched Title IX investigations into Maine’s Department of Education.
“I have been in touch with the Department of Education as recently as Friday and have been told there are no anticipated changes in the state’s direction in the near future. As such, we will continue to abide by state…
