The University of Pennsylvania and the federal government have reached an agreement that the Ivy League school will adhere to the Trump administration's ban on transgender athletes competing in women's sports.

The University of Pennsylvania's decision to ban transgender female athletes from competing in women's sports to resolve a civil rights complaint by the Department of Education is being slammed by LGBTQ activists and legal experts as unconstitutional.

The cases involve laws in Idaho and West Virginia that bar transgender athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ school sports.

Penn has agreed to ban trans women from women's sports, resolving a civil rights case that centered around swimmer Lia Thomas, the Department of Education said Tuesday.

On Tuesday, the Department of Education and the University of Pennsylvania announced that the school will block transgender athletes from women’s sports teams as part of an agreement UPenn made with the federal government,

The US Supreme Court agreed to decide whether states can ban transgender girls and women from competing for their schools on female athletic teams, heeding conservative calls to consider further curbing LGBTQ rights.

The court is diving into the hot button issue of transgender athletes joining female sports teams. More than half the states have bans.

The nationwide battle over the participation of transgender girls on girls sports teams has played out at both the state and federal levels.