{"id":2019676,"date":"2023-09-01T17:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-board-of-education-bans-boys-from-girls-school-sports-teams\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T17:32:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:32:59","slug":"state-board-of-education-bans-boys-from-girls-school-sports-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-board-of-education-bans-boys-from-girls-school-sports-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys prohibited from joining girls&#8217; school sports teams by State Board of Education."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-board-of-education-bans-boys-from-girls-school-sports-teams%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2019676&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Alaska State\u2064 Board of Education Votes to Ban Boys from Girls&#8217; High School Athletic Teams<\/h2>\n<p>The\u2062 Alaska\u2063 State Board of Education made\u200c a significant decision on \u200dThursday, voting to support a regulation that would prohibit boys \u2063from competing on girls&#8217; high \u2063school athletic teams.\u2063 This move aims \u200bto address the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-swimmer-says-the-biden-admin-is-using-the-transgender-debate-as-a-civil-rights-movement\/\" title=\"Harvard swimmer claims Biden admin exploits transgender debate as 'civil rights movement'.\">ongoing debate surrounding transgender athletes<\/a> in\u200d sports.<\/p>\n<p>The board \u2063had initially delayed \u2064its \u200cvote on this \u2064issue back in\u2064 July, taking \u200dthe time to carefully consider the matter. They listened to hours of testimony \u200dand reviewed a\u200d staggering 1,400 pages of written comments, demonstrating their commitment to making \u2064an informed \u200bdecision.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u200dspecial session, the board voted\u2063 7-1 in favor\u200d of the measure, signaling their \u2063support for the ban. However, the proposal still needs approval from Republican Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor before it can be implemented.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;If \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-board-of-education-bans-boys-from-girls-school-sports-teams\/\" title=\"Boys prohibited from joining girls' school sports teams by State Board of Education.\">separate high school athletics\u200b team<\/a> is\u2063 established for female students, participation shall be limited to females who were assigned \u200dfemale at birth,&#8221; the\u200b regulation states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, this decision \u200bhas\u2063 sparked controversy and drawn strong reactions from various \u200cparties.\u200c Michael Garvey, the advocacy director for the ACLU of Alaska, \u2064expressed his disappointment, stating\u200d that\u200d this move directly targets \u2064Alaskan students who simply want to participate in sports\u2063 like any other child.<\/p>\n<p>Board member \u2062Lorri Van Diest acknowledged the difficulty of the decision, emphasizing\u2062 the need to strike \u200ba balance between\u2062 inclusion, competitive \u200dfairness, \u2063and safety in high school girls&#8217; \u200bathletics.<\/p>\n<p>This ban aligns with similar laws enacted in multiple states across the\u2062 country. \u200cThese laws aim to prevent student-athletes from competing on teams \u200dthat\u2062 do not align with their biological sex. For instance, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a \u200cban in 2021 that prohibits biological men from participating \u200bin women&#8217;s sports in \u2062public schools.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s \u2063important to note that board \u200bmember\u2063 Bob \u200dGriffin clarified that the issue \u200dat hand is not about gender identity \u2062but rather the performance differences\u2063 between biological males and females\u200d and the\u200d implications for competitive \u200dfairness.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200c of now, the Alaska Board\u2063 of Education \u200band\u2064 the ACLU of Alaska \u2062have not responded to requests \u2062for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the \u200cDaily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire \u2062service, \u2064is \u200bavailable without\u2064 charge to\u2062 any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that\u2064 can \u2062provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline, and their DCNF affiliation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For any questions about our guidelines\u200d or\u2064 partnering\u200c with \u2062us, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/state-board-education-bans-boys-girls-school-sports-teams\/\">State Board of Education Bans Boys from Girls&#8217; School Sports Teams<\/a> \u200bappeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u200d Western Journal<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alaska State Board of Education has voted in favor of a regulation that prohibits boys from participating in girls&#8217; high school sports teams. This decision comes after the board postponed its initial vote in July, following extensive testimony and 1,400 pages of written comments. 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