GOP governors call on Biden admin to ditch proposed Title IX regulations, protect female sports

12-time NCAA All-American swimmer Riley Gaines, joined by competitive cyclist Holly Lavesser, argued the ban is ‘basic common sense’ and not ‘anti-trans’ but ‘pro-woman.’

Half of America's governors are urging the Biden administration to forgo or delay the implementation of a proposed rule from the Department of Education they say could prevent states from enforcing "duly-enacted statutes protecting fairness in women’s and girls’ sports."

In a letter sent Friday to Education Sec. Miguel Cardona, 25 Republican governors pushed back against the department's proposal to amend Title IX rules to expand the meaning of sexual discrimination to include gender identity that would prevent schools and colleges from banning transgender athletes.

"We write to submit a joint comment in opposition to the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed new regulation 34 C.F.R. § 106.41(b)(2) and respectfully request that it be withdrawn or delayed until the U.S. Supreme Court can address the questions raised in several pending cases that are challenging this administration’s expanded reading of Title IX," the governors, led by Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, wrote in the letter.

Under the department’s proposed rule, no school or college that receives federal funding would be allowed to impose a "one-size-fits-all" policy that categorically bans transgender students from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. Such policies would be considered a violation of Title IX.

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From left to right, some of the Republican governors who signed the letter to Education Sec. Miquel Cardona include: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott,