Biological sex controls interscholastic athletic activity - Exception

(a) In connection with an interscholastic athletic activity or event where membership in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is required, a student enrolled in a private school in this state is eligible to participate in such athletic activity or event only in accordance with the student's sex, as defined in § 49-2-802 . (b) This section does not prohibit a student whose sex, as defined in § 49-2-802 , is female from participating on a team designated for male students if the school does not offer a separate team for female students in that sport. Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 285, s 1, eff. 4/28/2023. (a) In connection with an interscholastic athletic activity or event where membership in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is required, a student enrolled in a private school in this state is eligible to participate in such athletic activity or event only in accordance with the student's sex, as defined in § 49-2-802 . (b) This section does not prohibit a student whose sex, as defined in § 49-2-802 , is female from participating on a team designated for male students if the school does not offer a separate team for female students in that sport. Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 285, s 1, eff. 4/28/2023.