The University of Pennsylvania's federal funding, previously frozen at $175 million, has been restored after the institution agreed to comply with several demands from the Education Department. This action followed the department's determination that Penn violated Title IX by allowing Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, to compete on its women's swimming team. To conclude the investigation, Penn had to restore awards misallocated to trans athletes and apologize to cisgender participants. Compliance followed quickly, with Thomas's achievements noted under different eligibility rules now.
The Education Department paused $175 million in funding to the University of Pennsylvania for allowing a male to compete on its women's swimming team, with a resolution requiring Penn to return swimming awards that were exaggeratedly attributed to trans women athletes.
Penn had to comply with three specific demands to end the civil rights investigation, including restoring swimming awards misattributed to trans women athletes and issuing an apology to cisgender female athletes.
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