Department of Justice investigating California for allowing transgender athlete in women's sports

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The U.S. Department of Justice is present opening an probe into whether California authorities instrumentality violates national instrumentality by permitting transgender women to enactment successful pistillate sports astatine authorities schools.

The bureau says the probe is to find whether the national Title IX civilian rights instrumentality is being violated by authorities instrumentality AB 1266.

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That authorities allows students to enactment successful schoolhouse programs and activities, including diversion teams and competitions, with respect to their sex identity.

The probe comes 1 time aft President Donald Trump threatened to withhold California's national backing implicit the information of a transgender jock successful the CIF way and tract championships.

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The jock had precocious won titles successful the triple and agelong leap successful the CIF Southern Section.

The title tourney begins this Friday astatine Veterans Memorial Stadium astatine Buchanan High successful Clovis.