(The Lion) — Ten days after the Trump administration singled out Maine for allowing men in women’s sports, the liberal state is refusing to comply with federal policy.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights concluded that Greely High School in Cumberland and the Maine Principals’ Association (MPA) are violating Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 by allowing biological males to compete in girls’ sports.

On March 19, a letter from the U.S. Department of Education gave Maine officials 10 days to sign a compliance agreement to correct the policy. It also said the administration would inform the state of its specific penalty for violations in early April.

A federal investigation began last month after a male transgender athlete, Greely High junior Katie Spencer, won two girls’ track state championships: a team championship and a pole-vaulting title. Spencer was the second male to win a girls’ track state title in Maine in the past year after Soren Stark-Chessa won a 400-meter title last spring.

In response to the Title IX violation, Greely High’s school district has said it won’t comply with the Trump administration.

The Maine Principals’ Association also said it won’t comply.

“MPA’s only desire is to follow the law, which right now our legal counsel advises is the Maine Human Rights Act,” the MPA said in a statement. “We look forward to our elected leaders answering these important questions.”

Additionally, Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, reiterated her view that the Trump administration cannot withhold funding from Maine because of this disagreement.

“I couldn’t then say, ‘Well, I disagree with you on that. So I’m going to just, you’re not going to get any more state funding for education. No more GPA.’ I couldn’t do that. This is about the rule of law,” Mills told reporters.

Mills sparred with President Trump on the issue at the White House last month, with Mill’s telling the president, “See you in court.”

Most Mainers, however, take a more conservative position on transgender athletes, according to a newly released University of New Hampshire poll: 64% of state residents oppose transgender-identifying males competing in girls’ sports, while just 29% support it.

Trump signed an executive order earlier this year directing the federal government to withhold federal education funding from states and schools that let males compete in women’s sports.

Since then, the administration has launched investigations into several states that have not complied with the order, including California, Oregon, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Washington and Maine.

Maine’s was the first investigation the administration completed.