The state sent a letter to the administration on Friday declining to give a “substantive response” to a federal Title IX investigation amid uncertainty over timing and the government shutdown.
President Donald Trump's administration's deadline for Minnesota to amend its transgender athlete laws to protect girls sports came and went Friday, and the state declined the ultimatum during the current government shutdown.
Attorney General Keith Ellison's office sent a letter to the department's Office for Civil Rights and the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights Friday evening, saying it has no "substantive response" to the Trump administration's demands to keep biological males out of girls sports. Ellison's letter also cited the current government shutdown for its lack of response.
"The federal government is currently shut down and I understand employees in both Offices for Civil Rights are furloughed. As a result, the Minnesota Department of Education will not provide any substantive response at this time," part of the letter read.
