7/1/2022Enacted by Chapter 478, 2022 General Session2022Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of enacted Section also enacted in HB 11, Chapter 478.Participation in school athletic activities. Notwithstanding any state board rule: a public school or LEA, or a private school that competes against a public school or LEA, shall expressly designate school athletic activities and teams as one of the following, based on sex: designated for students of the male sex; designated for students of the female sex; or "coed" or "mixed"; a student of the male sex may not compete, and a public school or LEA may not allow a student of the male sex to compete, with a team designated for students of the female sex in an interscholastic athletic activity; and a government entity or licensing or accrediting organization may not entertain a complaint, open an investigation, or take any other adverse action against a school or LEA described in Subsection (1)(a) for maintaining separate school athletic activities for students of the female sex. Nothing in this section prohibits an LEA or school from allowing a student of either gender from participating with a team designated for students of the female sex, consistent with school policy, outside of competition in an interscholastic athletic activity, in accordance with Subsection (1)(b).