Texas Education Code
§ 51.980 — INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC COMPETITION BASED ON BIOLOGICAL SEX
ED § 51.980Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION · Art. Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Athletic competition" means any athletic display between teams or individuals, such as a contest, exhibition, performance, or sport.
(2)"Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
(b)Except as provided by Subsection (c), an intercollegiate athletic team sponsored or authorized by an institution of higher education may not allow:
(1)a student to compete on the team in an intercollegiate athletic competition sponsored or authorized by the institution that is designated for the biological sex opposite to the student's biological sex; or
(2)a male student to compete on the team in a mixed-sex intercollegiate athletic competition sponsored or authorized by the institution in a position that is designated by rule or procedure for female students.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (S.B. 15), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.