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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural or club athletic teams or sports that are sponsored by a public educational entity or any school or private postsecondary educational institution whose students or teams compete against a public educational entity shall be expressly designated as one of the following based on biological sex:
(1) Males, men or boys;
(2) females, women or girls; or
(3) coed or mixed.
(b) Athletic teams or sports designated for females, women or girls shall not be open to students of the male sex.
(c)(1) The Kansas state high school activities association shall adopt rules and regulations for its member schools to implement the provisions of this section.
(2) The state board of regents and the governing body for each municipal university, community college and technical college shall adopt rules and regulations for the postsecondary educational institutions governed by each such entity, respectively, to implement the provisions of this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kansas Statutes Chapter 60. Procedure, Civil § 60-5603. Composition of athletic teams or sports by biological sex; athletic teams or sports for females not open to males; rules and regulations - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-60-procedure-civil/ks-st-sect-60-5603/
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