Two departments under the Trump administration sent a notice to Minnesota on Tuesday, urging the state’s education system and high school athletics program to comply with Title IX by barring transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports.

The Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League were found to be in violation of the sex-based discrimination law, the civil rights offices in the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services concluded in a joint investigation.

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The investigation found that the blue state allowed biological males to compete on girls’ sports teams for Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, lacrosse, track and field, volleyball, and fastpitch softball.

“The Trump Administration will not allow Minnesota or any other state to sacrifice the safety, fair treatment, and dignity of its female students to appease the false idols of radical gender ideology,” Education Department acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said in a statement. “Once an education program or entity takes federal funds, Title IX compliance becomes mandatory. And the federal government will hold Minnesota accountable until it recognizes that fact.”

“Minnesota fails to recognize the fundamental biological differences between males and females — differences that justify single-sex teams and are essential to ensuring fair and safe competition for girls and women,” HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Paula Stannard added.

The federal departments opened the Title IX investigation into Minnesota in June after a biologically male athlete helped his high school win the state championship for girls’ softball, citing the transgender athlete’s physical advantages over the opposing team’s female competitors.

“The male pitcher overpowered female athletes during five consecutive matches, only giving up one earned run over the course of 35 innings and striking out 27 female batters,” the DOE press release stated.

The Trump administration is giving the two Minnesota bodies 10 days to correct the Title IX violations as part of a resolution agreement or risk losing federal funding.

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In February, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison released a legal opinion that stated compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order to prohibit transgender athletes from girls’ sports would violate the Minnesota Human Rights Act. It remains to be seen what the North Star State does next.

California is another state that the Trump administration has found to be in violation of Title IX due to its transgender athlete policies. After missing the 10-day compliance deadline, California was hit with a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice. Minnesota may face litigation as well if it fails to meet the deadline.