The Department of Education’s proposed Title IX athletics rule that could strip federal funding from schools that don’t allow athletes to compete based on their gender identity received more than 156,000 statements during the 30-day public comment period.
The proposed rule, which entered the public comment period last month, places restrictions on the ability of schools to require student-athletes to compete based on their biological sex. If schools defy the rule, they could lose federal funds, even as a number of states have passed laws requiring student-athletes to compete based on their biological sex.
The deluge of comments during the comment period that ended Monday came from a wide range of organizations and groups. A number of gay and transgender advocacy groups praised the rule in submitted comments, including a coalition that included the Trevor Project and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
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