House Bill 25 will require student athletes who compete in interscholastic competition to play on sports teams that correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate at or near their time of birth.
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House Bill 25 will require student athletes who compete in interscholastic competition to play on sports teams that correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate at or near their time of birth.
The bill is one step closer to the governor’s desk. If it becomes law, Texas will join at least five other states that have passed such legislation.
UT-Austin and the University of Oklahoma are expected to leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference.
Similar bills failed to pass during the regular session earlier this year.
In addition to webcasting, they also approved the modification of rules for the participation of non-enrolled students (Homeschool) in UIL activities if allowed by the local school district.
Some senators opposed compensation within college athletics, but ultimately supported the legislation to maintain Texas' competitiveness in recruiting efforts as dozens of states consider similar measures.
The proposal would prohibit students from participating in a sport “that is designated for the biological sex opposite to the student’s biological sex as determined at the student’s birth.”
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Lawmakers have filed legislation that would ban transgender girls and women who attend public K-12 schools, colleges and universities from playing on single-sex sports teams designated for girls and women.
Some states delayed winter sports, but Texas has allowed the games to go on with precautions.
“We are pausing all football team activities and shutting down football training facilities to get a COVID-19 spread among our football program under control,” Chris Del Conte, UT-Austin athletic director, said in a statement.
The bowl game, an annual tradition for scores of El Pasoans that has hosted college teams since 1936, will resume in 2021, bowl officials said.