Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. and Chancellor Raymond Rodrigues reject proposed Federal Title IX Rule
Press release from Florida Department of Education
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. and Florida Board of Governors Chancellor Raymond Rodrigues demanded the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) withdraw their proposed Title IX rule that threatens athletic opportunities for females across the nation. The intent of Title IX has always been to provide women and girls a level playing field for athletics in education. The proposed rulemaking by the USDOE contradicts this purpose and will erase years of hard-fought opportunities for women athletes by forcing states to allow biological males to participate in female sports. Arkansas, North Carolina, and Wyoming signed on to Florida’s effort to protect women’s sports.
“With this proposed rule, the Biden Administration is attempting to bully states into a radical gender ideology that has no basis in science,” said Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. “As a father of young daughters, I know the importance of safeguarding sports for girls and women. Florida will continue to protect the rights of biological female students to participate in athletics without being discriminated against by an administration that has chosen to prioritize a political agenda over America’s children.”
“The U.S. Department of Education’s proposed rule is an existential threat to women’s sports,” said Ray Rodrigues, chancellor of the State University System of Florida. “As the number one system in higher education in the United States, we are proud of the accomplishments and achievements our female athletes have made in athletics. We will not stand idly by while the U.S. Department of Education seeks to destroy fairness in women’s sports.”
On June 1, 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, preserving opportunities for female athletes to demonstrate their strength, skill, and abilities in athletic competition. This law prohibits biological male students from participating in sports designated for females, women, or girls. Governor DeSantis and the Florida Legislature recognized if males were permitted to compete against females, females could quickly be excluded from many athletic competitions – causing unequal treatment and discrimination in athletics. An example cited in Florida’s comment to USDOE is 11-time Olympic medalist Allyson Felix, whose best 400-meter time ever is 49.26. In the 2022 season, she would have ranked 689th on the high school boys’ performance list.
The USDOE’s proposed rulemaking counters Florida’s commitment to provide women and girls equal opportunities in sports. To view Florida’s full comment, please visit: https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5673/urlt/FloridaTitleIXComment.pdf.
This is amazing that we, as society, even have to waste our time and money on an issue like this. Woke is taking hold, America! Wake Up! It’s a cancer slowly taking hold of our society and beyond! Sick!
Thank you Commissioner Diaz. And thank you to the Alachua Chronicle for printing this article.
It’s doubtful that the main stream media will cover this without twisting the narrative.
I am so thankful to live in Florida, where our public servants are truly serving with courage and common sense. Another important stand. The attempts to dismantle and destroy our society are coming at us so frequently and from so many directions! A proposed rule change…how can citizens who are taking care of their own families keep up with all the sneaky ways that the Biden administration tries to control our lives? Again, I’m just so thankful for the care and and attention and courage that our leadership in Florida continues to demonstrate.
Demonic
Nutjob
Cult
Thank God for DeSantis!!
Ok, yes this is a stupid idea but, remember, it is ‘proposed’ which is a political euphemism for soliciting media support for the idea because it will not pass muster in SCOTUS on any level.
It’s another way of the administration appearing to be doing something when it is doing nothing at all except moving its party back to its roots of Jim Crow and selective discrimination while throwing out random accusations of racism and fascism against anyone who challenges the moral and legal rationale supporting proposed incoherent, social regressions.