The Biden administration’s effort to effect a compromise position on allowing transgender students to compete on sports teams that correspond with their gender identity has drawn criticism from Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The Department of Education unveiled the new rule as part of a proposed 116-page package of regulations released on Thursday. It would prohibit educational institutions that receive federal funds from imposing blanket bans on sports participation by transgender students, while carving out limited exceptions for “fairness in competition” and “competitive high school and college athletic environments” where “some schools may adopt policies that limit transgender students’ participation”.
