Linda McMahon and Pam Bondi Are Teaming Up to Crack Down on Schools’ Gender Policies

Linda McMahon has announced a new investigations team targeting public schools the administration says are in violation of Trump’s orders impacting transgender students.

Trump holds up a signed executive order alongside Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.

President Donald Trump signed an executive instructing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to begin work to dismantle the Department of Education. Jose Luis Magana/AP

The Department of Education will escalate its crackdown on public schools for purported Title IX violations through a newly created “Title IX Special Investigations Team” with investigators from the Department of Justice, Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced on Friday.

“From day one, the Trump Administration has prioritized enforcing Title IX to protect female students and athletes,” McMahon said in a statement. “To all the entities that continue to allow men to compete in women’s sports and use women’s intimate facilities: there’s a new sheriff in town. We will not allow you to get away with denying women’s civil rights any longer.”

The newly created team will consist of attorneys and investigators from both agencies and will tackle what McMahon called an “ever-increasing volume of Title IX investigations.”