Trans athletes Can Continue to Participate in High School Sports Competitions, The Illinois High School Association Said This Week Affirmed Its Current in the Face of Demands to Exclude by the Trump and Illinois Republic.
President Donald Trump Ised an Executive Order in February Aimed at “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” and Threatened to Withhold Federal Funding Schools that didn’t will he wand. HIS Administration This Week Swed Maine for not complying.
The Ihsa’s Announcement came in a Letter Issured to Republican Lawmakers. IT SAID THAT ATTORNE GENERAL KWAME Raoul and the Illinois Department of Human Rights HAD Informy the Agency that was required to maintain a policy in lockstep with states. It Also Clarified That Its Trans Athletes Policy Only Applied to the State Series Competition it sponsors, and that individual schools COULD DEVERMINE WHATER TRANSGENDER PARTICIPATED DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.
“Compliance with the Executive Order Could Place the Ihsa Out of Compliance with the Illinois Human Rights Act and Vice Versa,“ Ihsa Board Dan Tulley and Executive Director Craig Anderson Wrote in stherent. “The Ihsa Simply Desire to Comply with the Law and Takes No Position on Which of the Foregoing is Correct. Gioven the Conflict Described Above, Howver, We are left in an untenable position.”
Illinois Law prohibits dyscrimation Based on Gender IdentityRequiring Schools to Protect Transget Students’ Right to USSE Facilities and Participate in Events and Programs that Match Their Identity.
The State Sports Organization Estimates There Are About 25 Trans athletes Out of 133,000 Statewide, About Three or Four of which Are Trans Girls. While the ihsa initially grants trans athletes eligibility, it doesn’t keep track if the athlete continues playing.
Ihsa’s staff was a Response to a Letter From 40 Republican State Representatives Ascing Ihsa to explain how it planned to amend policy to adhere to Trump’s Executive Order. The letter argues that compliance with the Order Requires Immediate Action, Regarding Transgender Students’ USSE of Bathrooms and Locker Rooms, As Well As Sports Participation. But an Executive Order Does Not Have the Force of Law.
“If State Law Contradics Federal Law, then the Path Forward is to work in good facialve to that conflict – Not Hide from and Risk Ling Federal Dollars,” Wrote Rep. Tony McCombie, Who Represents the Far Northwest Part of the State, Including Byron and Genoa.
It comes after announcement from the US Department of Education Last Month That It Was Openaing A Civil Rights Ino Chicago Public Schools and Deerfield School District 109 AFTER POLITICALLY CONSERVATIVE ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT. Locker Room That Lines Up With Their Gender Identities. The Federal Agency Also Says’ Investigating the Illinois State Board of Education.
Deerfield District 109 Reiterated That It Was Keeping Its Policy Last Week At A Meeting Where Horses Showed Up to Support the Trans Student by the Initial Complaints.
Federal Officials Have Launched at Least 18 Other Investigations Into School Districts, State Education Agencies and State Athletics Associations Over Police Involving Transgets, Accounting to A Tracker by the Publication Education Week.
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