Two departments under the Trump administration sent a notice to Minnesota on Tuesday, urging the state’s education system and high school athletics program to comply with Title IX by barring transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports.

The Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League were found to be in violation of the sex-based discrimination law, the civil rights offices in the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services concluded in a joint investigation.

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