California Interscholastic Federation

New Legislation to Get Males Out of Female-Only Spaces At Risk

March 19, 2026 8:00 amMarch 20, 2026 1:11 pm

Assembly Bill 1998 is new legislation designed to get males out of female-only spaces like bathrooms and lockerooms, and would amend the Unruh Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination by businesses against individuals based on various characteristics, including race, sex,...

School Board Leaders and Parents Urge CIF to Protect Girls’ Sports

March 13, 2026 5:00 amMarch 13, 2026 5:01 am

Advocates for protecting girls’ sports gathered Thursday outside the Sacramento headquarters of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) before attending the organization’s Executive Committee meeting, where they delivered public comments urging CIF to return to protected sex-based categories for California’s high school...

Davis Mom Who Stripped at School Board Meeting Challenged District Trans Policies

October 8, 2025 2:55 amOctober 9, 2025 6:36 am

There’s more to the story of the Davis, CA woman who stripped down to her bikini at a recent Davis Joint Unified School District school board meeting in protest of the district’s policy allowing male transgender students access to girls’...

Trump Administration Sues California Over Transgender Athlete Title IX Violations

July 9, 2025 1:29 pmJuly 9, 2025 1:29 pm

The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division filed suit against the California Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) on Wednesday, alleging that they failed to adhere to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and failed...

California Department of Education Formally Rejects Title IX Transgender Athlete Resolution Agreement

July 7, 2025 6:15 pmJuly 7, 2025 9:21 pm

The California Department of Education rejected the U.S. Department of Education’s resolution agreement that would have forbidden schools from allowing males from participating in female sports and from occupying female intimate facilities on Monday, with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon...

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California Found in Violation of Title IX Over Transgender Athletes

June 25, 2025 8:00 pmJune 25, 2025 8:01 pm

Another show down is looming between the Trump Administration and California. The Trump Education Department declared today that California illegally discriminated against women and girls by allowing males identifying as females on female sports teams and into female locker rooms....

U.S. Dept. Of Education Finds California is Violating Title IX With Trans Athletes In Women’s Sports

June 25, 2025 4:35 pmJune 25, 2025 5:42 pm

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on Wednesday that they have concluded their investigations into Title IX violations in California, finding that both the California Department of Education (CDE) and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)...