Washington (AP) – Trump administration has rejected approximately $ 175 million in the Federal Financing University of Pennsylvania on the participation of a transgender athlete in its swimming program, the White House reports on Wednesday.
School League ivy faces withInvestigation Department of Educationfocusing on the swimming program. That the investigation was announced last month immediately after President Donald Trump signedExecutive orderdesigned to ban transgender athletes compete in girls and women’s sports.
But the federal money was suspended in a separate review of the discreal federal money going to universities, the White House said. The money made by the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Health and Human Services.
The Penal Secretary of the Pan said the school did not receive any notifications and details of the action.
“However, it is important to note that Peng has always followed the NCAA policy and ivy regarding students’ participation in sports teams,” said Ron Ozio’s press secretary. “We have been in the past and remain in full compliance with the rules that extend not only to PEN, but also all our NCAA and ivy institutions.”
The investigation, the opening department of the Education Department for Civil Rights in Pen, focuses onLeah ThomasFloating the school’s school team and was the first open transgender athlete who won the title of Division I in 2022.
Agency also opened reviewsUniversity of San -KhaseVolleyball and Massachusetts Milk Athletic Association.
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