“So this is something that we just want to get ahead of.”Ĭivil liberties groups say the measure is punitive against teens who just want to play school sports. “You know, this is something nobody would have even talked about 10 years ago,” he said. He told Michigan Public Radio that also matters because college scholarships can be at stake. “The fact of the matter is boys have physical advantages over women especially when it comes to being bigger and faster and stronger.” “And, really, what we just want is to make sure that we have fairness in athletics,” said House Appropriations Chair Thomas Albert.
Republicans say political correctness has upended fair play in boys and girls sports. GOP state lawmakers are turning to budget sanctions in an effort to force transgender students to compete under their sex assigned at birth or stay out of official school sports.Ī bill to do that was adopted this week by the House Appropriations Committee and sent to the House floor.
