The Minnesota Human Rights Act has been interpreted to prohibit exclusion of transgender students from participation in extracurricular activities and to protect the rights of transgender students to participate in such activities.
February 12, 2024
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State civil-rights law cited as a legal basis for allowing transgender students to participate in school extracurricular activities.
Public debates about transgender students in K–12 schools frequently focus on whether transgender girls should be allowed to use girls' bathrooms and whether transgender students should be allowed to participate on sex-segregated sports teams.
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Summarizes common policy questions that recur in discussions about transgender student accommodations.
Public debates about transgender student policies commonly focus on access to bathrooms and locker rooms and on whether transgender students should be allowed to participate in girls' or female sports.
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Describes recurring themes in political and education policy debates about transgender student issues.
Federal agencies can issue compliance demands to state education agencies regarding policies that may implicate sex discrimination in school athletics, including policies on participation of transgender students.
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Interaction between federal civil rights enforcement and state education policy on athletics.