SB560 Public elementary schools, etc.; student participation in sports, civil cause of action.

↓Restricts transgender recognition & access model confidence 95%

Requires public K-12 schools and higher-ed institutions to designate athletic teams by biological sex (as identified on a physical form), bars males from female-designated teams, and creates causes of action against entities that allow participation contrary to biological sex, so less access to sex/

Each interscholastic, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a school division or a public school therein shall be expressly designated as one of the following based on biological sex: ... Each interscholastic, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a school division or a public school therein that is expressly designated for "females," "women," or "girls" pursuant to subsection A shall not be open to any student whose biological sex is male.

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↓Restricts transgender recognition & access model confidence 90%

Mandates that public elementary/secondary schools and higher-ed institutions base student-athlete eligibility on biological sex as shown on required Preparticipation Physical Evaluation or athletics eligibility forms that must identify biological sex, with causes of action for violations, so less le

The eligibility of a public school student to participate on any interscholastic, intramural, or club athletic team or sport that is expressly designated for (i) "males," "men," or "boys" or (ii) "females," "women," or "girls" shall be based on the student's biological sex as identified on such student's signed Preparticipation Physical Evaluation form required pursuant to § 22.1-271.7.

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