(Campus Reform)—The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) agreed to remove male athletes from women’s sports and restore athletic records to female competitors in a Title IX resolution with the Trump administration, according to a Department of Education press release.
The agreement follows a decision by the Deptartment of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that UPenn violated federal civil rights laws by allowing Lia Thomas, formerly William Thomas, to join the women’s swim team, forcing female athletes to compete against and share private facilities with a male.
In its decision, the department announced that the university must restore records and achievements to the original female recipients.
The university will also formally apologize to every affected female swimmer and adopt biology-based definitions of “male” and “female” that align with federal Title IX law and President Trump’s executive orders “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism” and “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.”
In March, the Trump administration announced it would withhold $175 million in funding from the university, Campus Reform reported.
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