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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 aimed at protecting girls’ sports from biological trans male athletes.
Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Col., announced the settlement in an article on X on Thursday.
“Biological males NEVER belong in biological female sports, period. The Colorado High School Activities Association has finally made the right decision and will stop penalizing school districts that protect female sports,” Crank wrote.
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Colorado District 49 filed a lawsuit against the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) in May, challenging Colorado state laws and CHSAA regulations that required schools to allow transgender student-athletes to compete on teams corresponding to 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 regulations are one of several blue states that require schools to allow students to play on sports teams and use facilities that correspond to 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 accommodation,” District 49 Superintendent Peter Hilts told PK Press Club Digital at the time. “Our state athletic association simultaneously advocates for fairness and discrimination. We asked them to resolve this discrepancy, and they refused, so we were forced to pursue a court order.”
Attorney General Philip J. Weiser’s office responded to the lawsuit at the time, telling PK Press Club Digital: “The Attorney General is committed to defending 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 now dismiss their claims against CHSAA and agree to pay the association $60,000 to help cover its operational and legal costs related to the lawsuit, according to Colorado Public Radio.
PK Press Club Digital has contacted CHSAA for comment.
