Feds threaten to pull funding unless SJSU bans trans athlete policy

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Trump’s Department of Education is threatening to yank federal funding from San José State University unless it rewrites its policies to exclude transgender athletes, escalating a fight that the school says it’s already on the right side of the law to win.

“With today’s action, the Department is putting the university on notice: comply with the law or risk losing its federal funding.”

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“Whether and under what conditions transgender women should be allowed to compete in women’s athletics has been hotly contested,” the CSU lawsuit said. “But this case is not about that issue. It is about the Department’s attempt to punish SJSU, even though the law in the Ninth Circuit has been and is clear. Under Ninth Circuit law, Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause protect transgender students from discrimination.”

Suing the Education Department “is not a step we take lightly,” Teniente-Matson said. “However, we have a responsibility to defend the integrity of our institution and the rule of law, while ensuring that every member of our community is treated fairly and in accordance with the law.”

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Follow the law, get punished. Defy the government, maybe keep your funding.