Biden Administration Backs Away from Trans Athlete Rules in an Election Year – HotAir

Just over a year ago the Biden administration announced it was proposing new regulations for trans athletes at public schools and colleges. At the time, the proposal was seen by many on the left as a compromise position.

The rules would narrow when discrimination of trans athletes would be permitted. But they also would offer guidelines for when schools could bar their participation.

Under the proposal, schools would need to consider a range of factors before imposing a ban on trans athletes and would need to justify it based on educational grounds, such as the need for fairness. So, for instance, a school district could justify a ban on transgender athletes on their competitive high school track and field team, whereas a district would have a harder time making that case for an intramural middle school kickball squad…

“The proposed rule helps clarify that these blanket bans on…