The Center Square Puts Adam Guillette at Center of Ohio Title IX Clash
November 20, 2025
The Protect the Public’s Trust group filed a federal complaint against the Dayton Public School District, alleging it violated Title IX by allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports and concealing their biological sex from other parents.
Following Ohio’s House Bill 68, which bans transgender students from girls’ sports teams, Protect the Public’s Trust filed the complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.
The complaint demands an immediate investigation into the district’s alleged violations.
“Another day, another set of Ohio schools still peddling discriminatory ideology, apparently in violation of both state law and Title IX,” Michael Chamberlain, director of PPT, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “It seems deeply ingrained in those who work in school systems in the state, despite the wishes of the communities and leadership at the state and local levels. This should serve as a stark warning that even schools in parts of the country vehemently opposed to this destructive school of thought are not immune from having it imposed on their children.”
The complaint stemmed from an undercover video by Accuracy in Media investigators posing as prospective parents, in which Dayton Public Schools Athletics Administrative Assistant Mauryce Neal confirmed the district allows transgender athletes to compete on girls’ sports teams.
In the undercover video, Neal agreed to keep the information about the prospective transgender student’s status “in house” and not inform other parties.