A Washington state school board is pleading for intervention from the federal government to force the state to ban transgender athletes from girls sports.

Maine school officials refused to sign an agreement complying with the Trump administration‘s ban on biological males in women’s sports on Thursday after weeks of back and forth between the two sides.

The Kennewick School Board has lodged a federal Title IX complaint against Washington state officials. At issue: the state’s current policies that allow transgender students to compete on sports teams consistent with their gender identity.