Text of MI HB 5082 (2021)
Education: athletics; requirement that only biological males may compete for a position on and compete on a boys' high school team in an interscholastic activity and only biological females may compete for a position on and compete on a girls' high school team in an interscholastic activity; provid…
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HOUSE BILL NO. 5082
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1146a; and
to repeal acts and parts of acts.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1146a. (1) This
section shall be known as the "protecting opportunities for women in
sports law".
(2) The board of a school district or intermediate school
district or board of directors of a public school academy shall ensure that
each high school operated by the board or board of directors, as applicable,
establishes and maintains a policy that includes both of the following:
(a) If the school has a girls' team in an interscholastic
athletic activity offered to pupils enrolled at the school, a requirement that
each pupil who competes for a position on that team or who is selected to
compete on that team must be female based on biological sex.
(b) If the school has a boys' team in an interscholastic
athletic activity offered to pupils enrolled at the school, a requirement that
each pupil who competes for a position on that team or who is selected to
compete on that team must be male based on biological sex.
(3) This section does not prohibit a school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy from having teams that
are comprised of both females and males in any interscholastic athletic activity
offered to pupils enrolled at a school operated by the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy.
(4)
As used in this section, "biological sex" means the physical condition
of being male or female as determined by an individual's chromosomes and
anatomy as identified at birth.
Enacting section
1. Section 1289 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1289, is
repealed.