California board of education president opens up on defying Newsom to keep trans athletes out of girls sports

Kern County Board of Education President Mary Little told Fox News Digital about her board's recent amendment to comply with Title IX and defy Gov. Gavin Newsom's agenda on allowing males in girls sports.

The Kern County Board of Education in California on Tuesday became the latest blue state board of education to pass a local resolution to keep biological males out of girls sports while its state law does the opposite. 

The state has been a hotbed of controversy involving trans athletes competing in women's high school and college sports over the last year and a top target by President Donald Trump's administration for defying his mandate to enforce Title IX. 

Kern County Board of Education President Mary Little told Fox News Digital her board's unanimous 6-0 resolution was in response to Newsom's "illegal" defiance of federal law. 

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"We've talked about it on and off, especially since there's been a problem with how Gov. Newsom has been responding to the federal law," Little said. "He's not following the original intent of Title IX … so those laws are supposed to trump California laws, and we're supposed to obey those before we follow an illegal California law." 

Little said her school board has not received any pushback from the state government in regard to the new resolution.

Kern County Board of Education Trustee Lori Cisneros initially proposed the resolution to the board. Cisneros has been a teacher 28 years and works as an independent teacher who provides her services to charter schools.

"I believe it's necessary to do our duty to protect girls in sports, and I'm looking out for their safety and fairness," Cisneros told Fox News Digital. "I am not happy with