San Jose State under investigation over sex discrimination involving transgender athlete

The U.S. Department of Education is investigating San José State University for possible violations of Title IX, the federal law that bars sex discrimination in education, due to the alleged participation of a transgender athlete in its women’s volleyball team, the agency announced.

The investigation comes on the heels of an executive order President Donald Trump signed Wednesday, an order widely understood to ban transgender women and girls from participating in women’s sports. The order alters how the federal government interprets and enforces Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in schools that get federal dollars.