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A coalition of Colorado school districts has reached an agreement with the state’s high school sports league that ensures districts can enforce rules to protect women’s sports from biological trans male athletes.
Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colonel, announced the deal in a post Thursday.
“Biological males NEVER belong in biological female sports, period. The Colorado High School Activities Association finally made the right decision and will STOP penalizing school districts that protect female sports,” Crank wrote.
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Colorado District 49 led a lawsuit against the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) in May, challenging Colorado state laws and CHSAA bylaws that required schools to allow transgender student-athletes to participate on teams that match their gender identity.
District 49 had just instituted its own policy classifying all school sports teams by “biological sex,” prohibiting men from playing on teams or sharing locker rooms and hotel rooms with women.
Colorado state law and CHSAA statutes are one of many in blue states that require schools to allow students to play on sports teams and use facilities that match their gender identity, not their sex at birth.
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“The political culture is very imbalanced on gender issues. Our lawsuit seeks a rational correction to excessive accommodations,” District 49 Superintendent Peter Hilts told Pak Gazette Digital at the time. “Our state athletic association simultaneously advocates for equity and discrimination. We asked them to resolve that discrepancy and they refused, so we were forced to seek a legal ruling.”
Attorney General Philip J. Weiser’s office responded to the lawsuit at the time, telling Pak Gazette Digital: “The attorney general is committed to upholding Colorado’s anti-discrimination laws. The attorney general’s office has no further comment on this ongoing litigation.”
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In exchange for this recent settlement, the plaintiff school districts are now dismissing their claims against CHSAA and agree to pay the association $60,000 to help cover its operational and legal costs of the lawsuit, according to Colorado Public Radio.
Pak Gazette Digital has reached out to CHSAA for comment.
