Title IX

Title IX protections apply to schools that receive federal funds, including athletic programs.

They say it has been long established that states can lose federal funding if they violate a federal body of law called Title IX, which governs areas such as sexual discrimination, sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Using the leverage of funding to enforce antidiscrimination law “is the way Title IX works,” said Huebert, of Liberty Justice Center.

The dispute centres around Title IX, an American civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education programs.

Swaim’s organization has been involved in the March 3 filing of a Title IX complaint to the federal Office for Civil Rights, now headed by Trump appointees.