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First on FOX: The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that the University of Pennsylvania has agreed to a resolution with the president. Donald Trump’s Management to keep biological male transathletes out of women’s sports in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.
The department previously began an UPENN investigation on February 6th for Title IX violations that occurred in the swimming program. Trans Athlete Leah Thomas Previously, he played for the men’s team, and then played for the women’s team in the 2021-22 season.
“Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) has announced that the University of Pennsylvania (UPEN) has concluded a resolution agreement to comply with Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendment (Title IX),” the statement read.
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Riley Gaines, now a spokesman for the Independent Women’s Forum, has tied Leah Thomas famously in fifth place in the 200 freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship. (Brett Davis Usan Today Sports)
Following the announcement of DOE, the following actions will be taken under the new Upenn agreement:
- Upenn restores all Individual Upenn Division I swimming records, or similar perceptions, misappropriated by male athletes allowed to compete in the female category.
- Upenn issues an official statement University The community says it is Title IX compliant and specifies that Upenn does not allow men to compete in women’s athletic programs or occupy women’s intimate facilities at Penn Athletics.
- The statement specifies that Upenn adopts a biological definition of the words “male” and “female” according to Title IX, consistent with President Trump’s executive orders, “protecting women from gender ideological extremism” and “protecting men from female sports.”
- Upenn will post statements in prominent locations on its main website and each website for women’s athletics.
- Upenn will withdraw any guidance that violates Title IX, remove or modify internal and public statements or documents that are inconsistent with Title IX, and notify all staff and women’s track and field of any such resignation. and
- Upenn sends a personalized apology letter to each affected female swimmer.
Upenn also issued a statement acknowledging the contract and proposed that a change in swimming record would be made.
“Yesterday, Penn and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) resolved a February 2025 survey on women’s athletics Title IX compliance. This is a complex issue and we are pleased to have reached a solution through the standard OCR process to conclude a Title IX investigation,” the statement said.
“The policy for pens during the swimming season in 2021-2022 NCAA Eligibility Rules At the time of the Eligibility Rules, some student-athletes acknowledged that these rules were at a disadvantage. We recognize this and apologise to anyone who experienced competitive disadvantages and anxiety due to policies that were effective at the time.
“We will review and update the Penn Women’s swimming record set during that season to show who will keep the record based on current eligibility guidelines.”
US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has confirmed Trump’s resolution.
“Thanks to President Trump’s guidance, Upenn has both apologised for past Title IX violations and agreed to both ensure that women’s sports are protected at university for a generation of future female athletes,” McMahon said in a statement.
“Today is a huge victory for women and girls not just at the University of Pennsylvania, but across our country. The department praises us for correcting past harm to women and girls.
Former Upenn female swimmer Paula Scanlan, the first teammate on the female team and the first teammate to oppose the school for allowing the situation to unfold, said she was “thank you” to Fox News Digital.
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“I am deeply grateful to the Trump administration for its commitment to protecting women and girls and restoring legitimate admiration,” Scanlan said.
“It is because of their strong leadership that I know that my alma mater has no choice but to begin a process of reforming policies to preserve women’s rights. Today, it marks a critical step in repairing past abuses among female athletes and building a future where sexism does not limit the possibilities of girls.”
Of Thomas’ former teammates, Scanlan is not the only one who’s speaking out anymore.
Three other former Upenn swimmers He filed a lawsuit The same day Trump signed an executive order “excludes men from women’s sports” against the university on February 5th.
The lawsuit attempts to revoke Thomas’ praise and redistribute it to female swimmers who competed with athletes, and the university administrators alleges that the female swimmers against Thomas, who are competing with Thomas, have “psychological issues” and have been referred to the school’s LGBTQ center.
The Trump administration later frozen $175 million on March 20th in school funding. Then, on April 28, the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Office announced that it had concluded that Upenn had violated Title IX in handling the situation for Thomas.
Thomas Saga at the 2022 NCAA Championship is primarily considered a cultural turning point in the national debate surrounding transgender athletes in women’s sports. At the time, today’s well-known conservative activist Riley Gaines was a dentist student who had to settle for a connection with Thomas at one of the NCAA Championship events.
Since then, Gaines has taken the lead across a political platform focused on the struggle against male inclusion in female and girl sports, derived from her experience competing with Thomas in 2022.
Previously Gaines Talking to Fox News Digital She believes it had an impact on the 2024 election, so she will send a “thank you” note to people like Thomas for bringing attention to the issues at the time.
“I think we should send a thank you note to people like Will Thomas. I really did, signed, sealed it down to me. I believe he handed the election to us, so I’ll write it,” Gaines said.
“There were a lot of things Joe Biden, his administration, the whole Democrats were wrong outside of sports stuff, but this was perfect visuals. It was like an episode of South Park.
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a National exit survey What the US Legislative Action Committee did for the women involved found that 70% of moderate voters “dend Trump considers transgender boys and men playing girls and women’s sports and transgender boys and men using girls and women’s bathrooms important to them. Additionally, 6% said it was the most important issue of all, and 44% said it was “very important.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Upenn and Thomas’ public representatives for comment.
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