California school district caught up in a dispute over transgender athlete policies

"But the Nevada association voted in April to require students in sex-segregated sports programs to play on teams that align with their sex assigned at birth - a departure from a previous approach allowing individual schools to set their own standards. The move raised questions for how the Tahoe-Truckee district would remain in the Nevada association while following California law, which says students can play on teams consistent with their gender identity."

"Now, California's Department of Education is requiring the district to join the California Interscholastic Federation, or CIF, by the start of next school year. District Superintendent Kerstin Kramer said at a school board meeting this week the demand puts the district in a difficult position. "No matter which authority we're complying with we are leaving students behind," she said. "So we have been stuck.""

Lake Tahoe high schools in the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District have long competed in Nevada's NIAA to reduce hazardous winter travel. In April, the NIAA adopted a policy requiring athletes in sex-segregated sports to participate on teams matching their sex assigned at birth, removing prior local discretion. California law allows students to play on teams consistent with their gender identity. California's Department of Education is requiring the district to join the California Interscholastic Federation by the start of next school year to comply with state law. District leaders say complying with either authority will disadvantage some students. A former student filed a complaint after the district initially stayed with Nevada athletics.

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