On Thursday, U.S. Senator Tuberville (R-AL) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) sent a letter to the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) seeking more information on its policies related to transgender athletes and asking if the NCAA has ever taken action against violations of these policies. Additionally, Senator Tuberville and Senator Cassidy requested information from the Department of Education, asking whether it has provided guidance to schools, athletic associations, or other stakeholders to influence decisions on transgender athletes in line with its proposed Title IX rule.
Senator Tuberville has been a vocal advocate of preserving Title IX. As a former educator, mentor, and coach for more than 40 years, Senator Tuberville is concerned about the future of girls’ and women’s sports. He began his career coaching high school girls’ basketball shortly after the enactment of Title IX and witnessed the law’s positive impacts firsthand.
These letters follow the first round of updates from Dr. Cassidy and the HELP Committee staff’s investigation into the impact of President Biden’s proposed Title IX reforms allowing biological males to compete in women’s sports.
Read the full letter to the NCAA here.
Read the full letter to the Department of Education here.
