Alaska’s high school sports association decided against amending its bylaws to bar transgender girls from girls’ sports teams, but the state education department is considering a regulation change that could force the adoption of the policy within months.
was adopted unanimously in March by the state education board in a surprise move, after it was added unexpectedly to the board’s agenda in the final day of a three-day meeting, and without allowing the public the opportunity to comment on it.to pass a bill
In promoting the regulation change, the administration of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy is wading into a nationwide push by conservative lawmakers to limit the participation of transgender athletes in school sports, among other restrictions on transgender kids pushed by Republicans. It isThe Alaska education board’ssays that state education regulations should “1. Provide a girls’ division with participation based on a student’s sex at birth, and 2.
Chair of the state education board James Fields did not immediately respond to a phone call seeking comment Tuesday. Fields, who is up for re-confirmation by the Legislature this year, faced criticism from some lawmakers earlier this year for advancing the non-binding resolution on transgender athletes without first soliciting public comment.
Opponents argued that the change would target already-vulnerable transgender and gender-nonconforming children, potentially violating state law and the Alaska Constitution in the process. Proponents said the change was needed to ensure that cisgender girls are not forced to compete against transgender girls who have the unfair advantage of having gone through male puberty.
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