Massachusetts high school athletics policies are under investigation for "Title IX violations" by the U.S. Department of Education, the agency announced Thursday, a day after President Donald Trump issued an order aimed at transgender athletes.

 

The Department of Education said it was launching "directed investigations" of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, San Jose State University and the University of Pennsylvania.

 

Craig Trainor, the Department of Education's acting assistant secretary for civil rights, said the probes would feature "swift action" and were in line with Trump's "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order.

 

The agency linked to a year-old Daily Mail story about a girls' basketball game between KIPP Academy and Collegiate Charter School of Lowell.

 

"A girls' high school basketball team in Massachusetts forfeited a game after a male playing for the opposing female team reportedly injured three female players," the Department of Education said. "The [MIAA]'s handbook states that a 'student shall not be excluded from participation on a gender-specific sports team that is consistent with the student's bona fide gender identity.'"

 

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