MIAA under investigation by DOE for game where transgender athlete injured three opposing players

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association (MIAA) is under investigation — along with San Jose State University and the University of Pennsylvania — regarding a viral high school girls’ basketball game where a transgender student-athlete injured three opposing players in a game.

The investigation began following President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban transgender student-athletes from competing in women’s sports.

Last year, the coach for the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell forfeited her game against KIPP Academy in Lynn after three of her student-athletes were injured by a KIPP Academy transgender student-athlete.

A recent article from The Boston Herald detailed the Department of Education’s investigation into the MIAA. Below is an excerpt from The Boston Herald article.

The Department of Education is citing last year’s Massachusetts high school basketball game when a coach forfeited the game after three girls got hurt.

The coach for the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell girls basketball team ended the game against Lynn’s KIPP Academy at halftime.

The Department of Education in its announcement noted the MIAA’s handbook section about gender and participation: “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.”

The MIAA confirmed that the organization had been notified of the federal investigation.

“The MIAA has historically complied with all applicable federal and state laws,” the MIAA said in a statement. “We are currently seeking guidance from the Office of the Attorney General and our own legal counsel on our next step.

Last week, the Department of Education notified K-12 schools and higher education institutions to enforce Title IX protections on the basis of biological sex.

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“President Trump’s Executive Order ‘Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports’ is a promise to women and girls: this administration will not tolerate the mistreatment of female athletes,” Craig Trainor, acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, said in a statement.

“The Department is taking swift action to investigate three entities for suspected Title IX violations: San Jose State University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association,” he added. “The previous administration trampled the rights of American women and girls—and ignored the indignities to which they were subjected in bathrooms and locker rooms—to promote a radical transgender ideology. That regime ended on January 20, 2025.”

To read the full article from The Boston Herald, click here. 

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