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A coalition of Colorado school districts reached a settlement with the state’s high school sports league that ensures the districts can enforce rules to protect girls’ sports from biologically male trans athletes.
Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Col., announced the settlement in a post on X, Thursday.
“Biological males NEVER belong in biological female sports, period. The Colorado High School Activities Association finally made the right decision and will STOP punishing school districts that protect female sports,” Crank wrote.
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Colorado’s District 49 filed a lawsuit against the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) in May, challenging Colorado state laws and CHSAA bylaws that required schools to allow transgender student-athletes to participate on teams that match their gender identity.
District 49 had just instituted its own policy classifying all school sports teams by “biological sex,” prohibiting men from playing on teams or sharing locker rooms and hotel rooms with women.
Colorado state law and CHSAA bylaws are one of many in blue states that require schools to allow students to play on sports teams and use facilities that match their gender identity, not their sex at birth.
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“The political culture is way out of balance on gender issues. Our lawsuit seeks a rational correction of excessive accommodation,” District 49 Superintendent Peter Hilts told Pakinomist Digital at the time. “Our state athletic association advocates fairness and discrimination at the same time. We asked them to resolve that discrepancy and they refused, so we were forced to pursue a legal resolution.”
Attorney General Philip J. Weiser’s office responded to the lawsuit at the time, telling Pakinomist Digital: “The attorney is committed to defending Colorado’s anti-discrimination laws. The Attorney General’s office has no further comment on this ongoing litigation.”
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In exchange for this recent settlement, the plaintiff school districts are now dropping their claims against the CHSAA and agreeing to pay the association $60,000 to help cover its operating and legal costs from the lawsuit, according to Colorado Public Radio.
Pakinomist Digital has reached out to the CHSAA for comment.
