Tennessee § 49-50-805 Biological sex controls interscholastic athletic activity - Exception

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§ 49-50-805 — Biological sex controls interscholastic athletic activity - Exception

Tennessee § 49-50-805

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-50-805 (2026).

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(a)In connection with an interscholastic athletic activity or event where membership in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is required, a student enrolled in a private school in this state is eligible to participate in such athletic activity or event only in accordance with the student's sex, as defined in § 49-2-802 .

(b)This section does not prohibit a student whose sex, as defined in § 49-2-802 , is female from participating on a team designated for male students if the school does not offer a separate team for female students in that sport.

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(a) In connection with an interscholastic athletic activity or event where membership in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is required, a student enrolled in a private school in this state is eligible to participate in such athletic activity or event only in accordance with the student's sex, as defined in § 49-2-802 . (b) This section does not prohibit a student whose sex, as defined in § 49-2-802 , is female from participating on a team designated for male students if the school does not offer a separate team for female students in that sport.