More Maine schools ban transgender athletes from girls sports, defying Dem leadership and siding with Trump

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Another Maine school district has taken matters into its own hands in the state's dispute over transgender athletes in girls sports. 

On Tuesday, the board of directors for Maine's Region School Unit (RSU) No. 24 voted 7-1 to rescind a policy that allows trans athletes to compete in girls sports. 

The rescinded policy, Policy JB, stated that "students shall be able to participate in accordance with the gender identity asserted at school."

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RSU No. 24 Superintendent Michael Eastman confirmed to Fox News Digital that the district and its schools will stop following the policy immediately. 

"At its meeting last night, after respectful deliberation, the RSU No. 24 Board of Directors voted 7-1 (one director was absent) to rescind Policy JB — Transgender and Gender-Expansive Students," Eastman said. "This change will take place immediately. We appreciate the turnout last evening and thank those residents who addressed the board with their thoughts regarding the policy."

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RSU No. 24 operates five public schools in Sullivan, Maine. Hancock county, where Sullivan is located, voted in favor of Donald Trump in November's election by a margin of 52.9% to 45.3%. 

Eastman's district is not the first to amend a gender eligibility policy in recent weeks. 

The MSAD No. 70 School Board voted unanimously in mid-April to comply with Title IX, "recognizing only two sexes —