The resolution supporting regulation of trans students in sports, which wasn't on the state Board of Education's formal agenda, surprised some involved in education policy. (via Alaska Beacon)
On Thursday, the Alaska State Board of Education approved a resolution that supports barring transgender female students from participating in girls’ sports. that supports barring transgender female students from participating in girls’ sports. The resolution supported regulations that would prohibit students whose sex at birth wasn’t female from participating in girls’ sports. It also stated that regulation should offer a sports division for students who “identify with either sex or gender.
The resolution seeks to divide sports into two divisions – one for students whose sex at birth was female and one for students of either sex or gender. which would require parents’ written permission before school employees could acknowledge a name or pronoun change. Much of the language used in the drafted resolution revolved around what it referred to as fairness in girls’ sports. The language in the resolution said it was intended to balance “Competitive Fairness, Inclusion, and Safety for All Who Compete.”
For any change to occur, the state would first have to change its regulations. Currently, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District is the only district in the state that Tobin doubts the resolution could go further, saying that it infringes on rights protected by the Alaska Constitution. She voiced her support for transgender students who may be feeling uneasy by the resolution.
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