Transgender student participation in high school sports

Today at our Nebraska School Activities Association District meeting in Norfolk, we will be addressing two proposals on transgender participation in athletics. One proposal that is supported by the Catholic diocese is that a students gender is determined by his "certificate at birth." At our November District meeting, my amendment to that proposal changed the wording to "gender on birth certificate", because Nebraska does have a statute that allows gender transformation. I am not a proponent of gender transformation, but it is legal and we need to follow our laws. A third option is support a policy that was developed by the NSAA Board of Directors this Fall that would require students to prove their gender identity. If any of the two proposals pass in 3 of the 6 districts, they will move on to the State Representative Assembly in April, which I will be attending as a member of the NSAA District III management committee. Should be an interesting meeting this afternoon.