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Board reviews draft athletics policy classifying teams by sex; legal review and possible litigation expected
Summary
Director Jorgensen proposed policy JBA to classify District 11 teams as boys, girls or coed and restrict participation in teams and shared spaces by biological sex; board members debated fairness for female athletes, privacy in locker rooms, Title IX interpretive uncertainty, and agreed to refer the draft to legal counsel and consider joining a District 49 pre-enforcement federal action if adopted.
Director Jorgensen proposed a draft district policy (JBA) to classify D11 athletic teams as boys, girls or coed, to reserve sex-separated teams for single-sex participation and to apply classifications to shared facilities (locker rooms, hotel rooms). The sponsor framed the policy as a measure to protect fair competitive opportunities for female athletes…
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