Document Type
Peach Sheet
Abstract
The Act establishes statewide requirements for student participation in athletic teams based on biological sex as recorded on a student’s original birth certificate. It requires all public schools, and any private schools that compete against them, to designate school-sponsored athletic teams as male, female, or coeducational. Teams designated for females are restricted to students whose biological sex is assigned female at birth while teams designated for males are restricted to students whose biological sex is assigned male at birth, unless a corresponding team for females is not offered. The Act directs the state athletic association to develop rules to enforce compliance and allows schools and individuals to bring legal action against schools, school systems, participating private schools, postsecondary institutions, their governing bodies or athletic associations if they suffer harm from violations. It also grants immunity from liability to schools that adhere to the Act’s requirements.
Recommended Citation
Kathryn A. Hammock & Noelle C. Hoke,
SB 1 - Elementary, Secondary, and Postsecondary Education,
42
Ga. St. U. L. Rev.
145
(2025).
Available at:
https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol42/iss1/16