The administration of Donald Trump investigates the state of Maine with an assertion that dozens of school districts violate the federal law by retaining information on the students who transition from the sexes of the parents.
On Friday, the Ministry of Education launched an investigation after starting a similar research in California Department of Education. In both cases, the Federal Department of Education said that states may be in violation of the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act.
Investigations arise from controversial athletes such as Balaire Fleming of the State of San Jose being at the center of the prosecution of female athletes calling for a fault on a transmission in female sports.
In a letter to the Maine Ministry of Education, the Federal Department said that it was investigating whether the agency was playing a role, directly or indirectly, the adoption of policies that retain student files.
This is the last round in a dispute in progress between Maine and the Trump administration on the role of transgender students in school sports and in high school. A spokesperson for the Maine Ministry of Education refused to comment on Friday.
The Department of Federal Education said in a statement that it had heard information that certain districts of Maine have policies that allowed schools to “create” gender plans “to support” transgender identity “of a student”, then affirm that these plans are not education files and not accessible to parents.
The Trump administration takes measures against Maine on the ban on transgender athletes
Maine and California could be in violation of the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act
“Parents and tutors have the right to access their child’s education files to guide and protect the mental, emotional and physical well-being of their child. Any opposite policy is both illegal and immoral, “said U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who heads a department that Trump hopes to dismantle.
The Trump administration began to investigate the maine’s treatment of the issue of transgender students at school after a public dispute between Trump and Democratic Governor Janet Mills in February.
During a meeting of the Governors of the White House, Trump threatened to withdraw funding from Maine if the State does not comply with its decree prohibits transgender athletes of sport.
Mills, who was present, replied: “We will see you in court”. The federal government then began investigating Maine’s compliance with the Title IX anti -discrimination Act.
The United States Ministry of Health and Social Services said earlier this month than the Maine Ministry of Education as well as the Association of Maine Directors and a secondary school in the Portland region are in violation of title IX.
A spokesperson for the Federal Department said on Friday that he referred to the non-compliance of Maine at the United States Ministry of Justice for the Application of Law.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon talks to Journalists from the White House in Washington
The Balaire Fleming Transgenre Volleyball player was at the center of a female athlete trial
The Association of Directors and the Lycée said this week that they will not comply with an agreement proposed to prohibit transgender sports athletes for girls. The Maine’s education department refused to comment on the proposal on Thursday.
The US education department said on Friday that it also sent wider advice to head school officers and superintendents in establishments who receive federal funding concerning their obligation to comply with the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act.
The agency said in a statement that compliance means that “schools must allow parents to examine all of their student training files, including any document linked to a student’s” gender identity “.
