Fairness for Girls, the campaign behind an initiative to codify sports eligibility requirements based on sex in the Nebraska Constitution, submitted more than 211,000 signatures on June 30. The signature deadline is July 2.
The initiative would add a new section to Article VII of the state constitution, requiring schools to "designate each athletic team or sport as one of the following based on biological sex:" male, female, or co-ed. It would prohibit males from participating on teams designated for females. The requirements would apply to teams sponsored by public schools and to private school teams that compete against public school teams.
Last year, the state legislature passed a law requiring students participating in public K-12 or collegiate sports to compete on teams designated for their sex, which the law defines according to reproductive systems. The law also requires each student to provide the school with a document, signed by or under the authority of a doctor, confirming the student’s sex.
