A remote school district in Lake Tahoe, California, may be forced to leave the Nevada athletics association it participates in over the Golden State’s woke transgender policies.
The Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District, or TTUSD, is nestled within the Sierra Nevada Mountains near the Nevada border.
Instead of having student athletes traverse the harsh conditions to play other California schools, it has instead played in the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) for decades.
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But back in April, the NIAA reversed course on its position regarding transgender athletes and now requires students to compete in sex-segregated sports that align with the sex listed on their birth certificate.
Liberal California is now ordering TTUSD to join the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) where transgender girls can compete in female sports and is consistent with California law, according to the Associated Press.
The move has prompted backlash from parents and community members.
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“I don’t see how it would be fair for female athletes to compete against a biological male because they’re stronger, they’re taller, they’re faster,” said Ava Cockrum, a Truckee High School student on the track and field team.
“It’s just not fair.”
TTUSD instead proposed a transition plan that would keep the district in NIAA for the next two years before switching over to the CIF in the 2028-2029 school year.
But the odds of the California Department of Education (CDE) accepting the proposal is a long-shot, said Beth Curtis, a civil rights attorney and former parent of TTSUD students.
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“The CDE is not going to let you do it,” Curtis said during the board meeting. “The CDE is in court protecting its law against the current federal administration. They’re not going fight to uphold the law and say to you at the same time, ‘Okay, you can ignore it for two years.’”
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The Trump administration is suing California over its law allowing transgender athletes to compete in female sports, arguing it violates Title XI, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance.
At least 27 states have issued transgender sports bans, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
The Post has reached out to the CDE on whether it will accept the school district’s transition plan, but did not immediately receive a response.
