MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A coalition of Minnesota school board members have launched a campaign calling on the state to stop allowing transgender athletes from competing in girls' sports.

School board members call for ban

What we know:

The coalition is asking the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League to comply with demands from the Trump administration to stop allowing athletes assigned male at birth to compete in girls sports.

The group wrote a letter, signed by school board members from 40 districts across the state, addressed to MDE Commissioner Willie Jett, Minnesota State High School League President Don Peschel and Executive Director Erich Martens, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Governor Tim Walz.

The letter is signed by mem

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