Washington, D.C. - Today, House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik released the following statement after the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened a formal investigation into the Saratoga Springs City School District.
"After my strong public advocacy, I want to thank President Donald Trump and Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon for swiftly opening a formal investigation into the Saratoga Springs City School District for their failure to uphold Title IX protections for women and girls in sports. This decisive action demonstrates my continued record of delivering results on behalf of NY students, parents, and families," said Congresswoman Stefanik.
"President Trump’s Executive Order 14201, Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports, clearly reinforces the importance of preserving fairness, safety, and opportunity for female athletes across the country. The Saratoga Springs School Board’s resolution allowing biological males to participate in girls’ sports and access girls’ locker rooms is a blatant violation of federal law under Title IX and an affront to the progress generations of women have fought to achieve."
Stefanik continued, "Our daughters deserve to compete on a level playing field, and they should never be forced to surrender their safety or athletic opportunities to appease radical gender ideology. I remain steadfast in my commitment to fighting for the rights and futures of our young women, and I am proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with President Trump in this important effort. Thank you to the local parents who brought this to my direct attention."
“The Trump Administration has been unrelenting in our effort to ensure that women and girls’ educational experiences are not marred by sex discrimination. It is a clear violation of federal civil rights law, and of women’s dignity, to allow males to participate in female-sports and occupy female-only intimate facilities. Women fought for decades to secure Title IX protections, only to have these protections subverted and betrayed by those who prioritize a distorted ideology over fairness, dignity, and safety. OCR will uphold the law to ensure that no female is deprived of her civil rights or robbed of her rightful accolades," said U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.
Last month, Congresswoman Stefanik sent a letter to Secretary McMahon asking the Department of Education to evaluate whether the District’s policy, as articulated in a March 2025 Board of Education resolution, violates federal law.
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