Breaking news: Schools may bar trans athletes from competitive teams, Biden administration says, but Title IX proposal would forbid blanket bans
There have been numerous court challenges to these laws, including one in West Virginia, where the law is on hold. On Thursday,to immediately reinstate that law, which bars transgender athletes from playing on female sports teams from middle school through college. The law defines eligibility for certain sex-specific teams to “be based solely on the individual’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
The case was the high court’s first examination of restrictions on transgender athletes, but was not a decision on the merits of the case. The new Biden administration proposal puts forth a framework for developing eligibility criteria that schools can use to be in compliance with Title IX, the 50-year-old federal law that bars schools from discriminating on the basis of sex. The Education Department has already said, in aSchools that want to limit trans athletes’ participation in sports would have to consider the sport, the level of competition, and the grade or education level involved.
It noted that some teams require advanced skills and others allow anyone to participate, such as intramural or junior varsity squads, and said rules must “reflect these differences in competition.”The new rules, which will be subject to public comment, are the administration’s interpretation of the federal Title IX law, and would apply to all public K-12 schools, as well as colleges and universities that receive federal funding.
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