3 Michigan School Districts Face Federal Probes Into Alleged Title IX Violations

One district let a male athlete use the female locker room, which parents said raised the risk of ‘inappropriate, unsafe situations.’

People rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in two cases in which states banned males from participating in female-only sports, in Washington on Jan. 13, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Three Michigan school districts are being investigated by federal officials for allegedly violating Title IX by allowing students to join sports teams and use locker rooms based on gender identities instead of sex.

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is probing Ann Arbor Public Schools, Monroe Public Schools, and the Chippewa Valley School District, assessing whether the districts violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the department said in a June 18 statement. Title IX bans sex discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal assistance.