The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from its women's sports teams to resolve a federal civil rights case. The U.S. Education Department announced a voluntary agreement after investigating how the school violated Title IX rights of female athletes. Penn will restore all Division I swimming records and titles to female athletes affected by Lia Thomas, with personalized apology letters also sent. The agreement necessitates that the university state it will allow only females in female athletic programs and adopt biology-based definitions of gender.
Under the agreement, Penn will restore all Division I swimming records and titles to female athletes who lost out to Thomas, including sending personalized apology letters to each swimmer.
The university must announce it will not allow males to compete in female athletic programs and adopt biology-based definitions of male and female as required by the Education Department.
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