§ 21-25-102 — Participation in school athletic activities

Wyoming § 21-25-102

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 21: Education
• Ch. 25: STUDENT ELIGIBILITY IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES
• Art. 1: PARTICIPATION IN FEMALE SPORTS

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(a) A public school or a private school that competes
against a public school shall expressly designate school
athletic activities and teams as one (1) of the following based
on sex:
(i) Designated for students of the male sex;
(ii) Designated for students of the female sex; or
(iii) Coed or mixed.
(b) A student of the male sex shall not compete, and a
public school shall not allow a student of the male sex to
compete, in an athletic activity or team designated for students
of the female sex.
(c) A government entity or licensing or accrediting
organization shall not entertain a complaint, open an
investigation or take any other adverse action against a school
described in subsection (a) of this section for maintaining
separate school athletic activities and teams for students of
the female sex.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
(i) Restrict the eligibility of any student to
participate in any interscholastic athletic activity designated
for students of the male sex or designated as coed or mixed; or
(ii) Prohibit a school from permitting males to train
or practice with an interscholastic athletic activity that is
designated for females so long as no female is deprived of a
roster spot on a team or sport, opportunity to participate in a
practice or competition, scholarship, admission to an
educational institution or any other benefit that accompanies
participating in the interscholastic athletic activity.
(e) A government entity, any licensing or any athletic
association shall not retaliate or take any adverse action
against:
(i) A school for maintaining separate athletic teams
or sports for students of the female sex; or
(ii) A student if the student or the parent or
guardian of a student requests a contested case pursuant to
subsection (f) of this section or that reports a violation of
this section to an employee or representative of the school or
athletic association.
(f) Any student or parent or guardian of a student
aggrieved by an act of a government entity, school, athletic
association or licensing or accrediting organization for failing
to enforce the provisions of this act, may seek review in
accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedures Act. In
accordance with W.S. 16-3-112, review of a decision of a
government entity, school, athletic association or licensing or
accrediting organization under this subsection shall be before
the state board of education.