Federal officials say that the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League both violated Title IX with their policy on transgender athletes , in a Tuesday announcement.

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services determined in a joint finding that Minnesota "allowed male athletes to compete" on several girls' sports teams.

WCCO has reached out to MDE and MSHSL for comment and is waiting for a response.

The departments issued a proposed resolution agreement to MSHSL and the MDE, ordering them to voluntarily resolve the Title IX violation within 10 days or "risk imminent enforcement action."

The agreement requires the two agencies to revise any guidance "permitting males to compete in

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