The University of Pennsylvania will block transgender athletes from female sports teams and erase the records set by swimmer Lia Thomas as part of an agreement with the federal government, the Department of Education said.

The University of Pennsylvania will take actions regarding transgender athletes as a result of a Title IX agreement with the Department of Education.

The U.S. Education Department announced Tuesday that the University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender athletes from its women's sports teams in order to resolve a federal civil rights case that found the university violated female athletes' rights, the Associated Press reported.