Philadelphia Schools Defy Trump Trans Athlete Ban

metroweekly.com:

revised its policy to comply with Trump’s executive order, replacing references to a student’s “gender” with sex. It removed principals’ authority to make a final determination regarding a student’s sex and allowed a school to determine it (presumably based on the gender marker on school records and birth certificates, although the policy lacks specifics).The PIAA’s policy also requires schools to consult with school solicitors to ensure they are complying with the order and keeping transgender athletes from competing on teams that don’t match their assigned sex at birth.The Philadelphia school district, however, said it will continue to comply with its own transgender student policy, known as “Policy 252.”The policy allows students to be addressed by gender-affirming pronouns, access facilities that align with their gender identity, and participate in school activities, including physical education classes and intramural sports, based on their gender identity.It discourages district staff from adopting gendered practices, such as requiring one graduation gown for females and another for males.

The policy also forbids school staff from outing transgender students to others, including their parents. In terms of competitive interscholastic sports, Policy 252 says that determinations will be “resolved on a case-by-case basis.”Philadelphia’s school district said it “strives to ensure safety, equity and justice for all students, regardless of gender identity or gender expression, so that they can imagine and realize any future they desire.”Kristina Moon, an attorney with the Education Law Center, told the Philadelphia Inquirer that Trump’s executive order does not supersede Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex-based.