House Republicans seek to amend Title IX to keep trans students from competing in female sports

Illinois GOP Rep. Mary Miller on Tuesday introduced a bill that seeks to prohibit transgender students who were born male but identify as female from playing on girls' sports teams and using female bathrooms. 

The legislation, which was cosponsored by nine other Republican lawmakers, seeks to amend Title IX to define "male," and "female" by reproductive organs, in the same manner that the Trump administration has defined an individual's gender. 

The bill, titled the Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act, would block federal funding for public schools that do not adhere to the amended definition of each sex under Title IX when it comes to female sports. It follows a similar bill Miller introduced in March on public school bathrooms. 

The move comes as the Trump administration argues that Title IX already protects biological girls in sports, and that school districts that do not adhere to the administration's interpretation of the federal law would lose funding. 

The Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on whether states can ban transgender students in public schools from competing on sports teams that align with their chosen gender instead of their biological sex in its next term, per The Hill.

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