Main School Nutrition Fund: Main School ordered to issue Nutrition Fund to Federal Judge Trump Administration amid trans athlete dispute

A federal judge ordered Trump administration To uncontrol Federal funds Main’s child nutritional programs that were suspended among political deadlock Transgender athlete participation In school games.
US District Court Judge John Woodcock issued a temporary preventive order on Friday, with the state state officials argued that the money was illegal and damaged school children.
The controversy began when the Trump administration punished the main to refuse to implement an executive order, to ban transgender girls from being banned from participating in girls’ sports teams, citing alleged violations, Title ixAccording to news agency AP, federal law which bans sex-based discrimination in education.
The question includes administrative and technical support for funding, which exceeds $ 1.8 million for the current financial year. School food programWith another $ 3 million anticipated in July for summer meal reimbursement.
According to the court filing cited by APThe previous year is also inaccessible due to more than $ 900,000 freeze from the grant.
Sue filed by Main attorney general Aaron Frey argued that the Agriculture Department had sidelined the necessary procedures before freezing the funds. “This is the assistance used to feed school children,” FRE stressed in the complaint, NPR.ORG said.
After the White House meeting on 21 February, the conflict increased, where US President Trump pressurized Governor janet mills To follow your executive order. According to the Reuters of the news agency, Mills replied that she would follow the state and federal law, Trump shot back, “You will comply better … otherwise, you are not getting any federal money,”.
The USDA’s decision to freeze the funding came a few days later, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warned in a letter of April 2 that the funds would be stopped for administrative school works as a result of the state’s “federal law disregard”.
Meanwhile, the Education Department announced a plan to strip a $ 250 million man in the K-12 Education Fund and referred to the Department of Justice for enforcement proceedings to the state, reported by Reuters.
However, the order of Judge Woodcock does not directly resolve the comprehensive title IX dispute, but ensures that the necessary nutrition funding is restored while continuing legal arguments. He accepted the politically charged background of the case, but emphasized the importance of protecting services for needy children.
The education officers of the main are firm in their stance, saying that 2021 laws of the state clearly prevent discrimination on the basis of gender identity. Assistant Attorney General Sarah Forceter had earlier told the Education Department that the title IX does not prevent transgender athletes from participating in girls teams.