New Stricter Policies for Trans Athletes in Texas Girls’ Sports Expected

According to Fox News earlier today, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that a Texas school district has taken steps to ensure it is not violating state law by allowing transgender athletes to compete in female sports.

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This announcement follows Paxton’s February request for records from the Dallas Independent School District. The request came after the release of a video, created by an undercover journalist, that was shown to school district officials. The video explained a waiver process that would allow parents to permit biologically male students to play on girls’ sports teams, provided the student's birth certificate had been altered.
The video, presented to the district's LGBTQ youth coordinator, highlighted a potential legal loophole—Texas law does not specify whether schools should rely on original or updated birth certificates to determine sports eligibility.

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This ambiguity has sparked significant controversy within Texas school districts. As a result, Paxton has requested additional documents from two school districts and filed a legal petition to depose key officials from the Dallas Independent School District. Paxton's goal is to determine whether the district is violating Texas laws by allowing biologically male students to participate in girls' sports.