California Globe: Reps. Kiley, Walberg Demand California Interscholastic Federation Stop Defying Federal Law
Last week, the California Interscholastic Federation held an executive committee meeting and allowed the Coalition of Women and CIF High School Female Athletes to address biological males participating in women and girls sports, the Globe reported from the meeting. They got an earful from women, moms, parents, and female student athletes – primarily about how unsafe it is for female athletes when teen boys and young men are allowed to compete in sports against teen girls and young women, because of the above education code and CIF policy.
One week after the CIF meeting, Congressmen Kevin Kiley (R-CA), and Tim Walberg (R-MI), sent a letter to the California Interscholastic FederationDemanding the California Interscholastic Federation Stop Defying Federal Law:
We write regarding the California Interscholastic Federation’s (CIF) continued defiance of federal law in allowing biological males to compete in female athletics. CIF’s refusal to comply undermines fairness, jeopardizes female athletes’ safety, and contradicts clear federal directives.
CIF must immediately correct its unlawful policies and bring itself fully into compliance. Failure to do so would continue to threaten the safety and fairness of women’s sports, female athletes’ dignity, and the federal funding of all California high schools.
We request a prompt response outlining the actions that CIF is currently taking to comply with federal law and ensure a level playing field for female athletes. The integrity of women’s sports is non-negotiable; you must act to uphold these fundamental protections.
“Today the Chairman of the @EdWorkforceCmteand I sent a letter to the California Interscholastic Federation, demanding answers as to why they continue to defy federal law by allowing biological males to compete in female athletics,” Kiley posted to X Thursday.
The women and student athletes testified because CIF plans on continuing to follow California law, which allows athletes to play on a sports team consistent with their gender identity.
And the CIF is doing this despite President Trump’s Executive Order banning boys who identify as transgender women/girls from college women’s and high school girls’ sports teams.
The governor and state of California haven’t budged from continuing to allow biological males to compete in girls sports – even with the threat of losing federal funding.
The California Interscholastic Federation governs high school sports in California, and has said it follows state law. The Coalition of Women and CIF High School Female Athletes seeking protection of girls’ rights to fair and safe sports appeared before the CIF Executive Committee meeting Thursday on this topic.
“Instead of standing for the rights of women, Biden caved to woke activists who wanted biological males to be treated as women in workplace showers, competitive sports, prisons, and rape shelters,” President Trump’s executive order says. “All executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall review grants to educational programs and, where appropriate, rescind funding to programs that fail to comply with the policy established in this order.”
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