President Donald Trump will use an executive order Wednesday to bar transgender athletes under the federal Title IX law. That law bars sex discrimination at educational institutions that receive federal funds.

The US Department of Education announced Thursday that it is launching an investigation into the MIAA for “apparent Title IX violations.”

The U.S. House passed a bill, largely along partisan lines, that would ban transgender athletes from competing in women's and girls sports at schools and other educational institutions that receive federal funds.

Joe Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office that interpreted sex as “gender identity" under Title IX, a move that protected transgender athletes from being discriminated against if they wanted to participate in a sport that aligned with their gender identity, not their sex assigned at birth.

The Education Department says it is investigating potential civil rights violations at two universities and a high school sports league that allowed transgender athletes to compete on women’s teams