The Nebraska School Activities Association Representative Assembly will be meeting next Friday to vote on new proposals. One of the proposals addresses participation of transgender students in NSAA sponsored school activities.
The new policy would require students to compete based on their gender at birth. The existing policy, adopted by the NSAA Board of Directors in consultation with legal counsel has a procedure to follow for transgender students.
Obviously this has caused a lot of discussion and some concern from many residents of the state. Because there are questions being asked about the existing NSAA policy and what it does and does not do, I am posting a link to the existing policy for anyone who would like to read it.
I am a member of the representative assembly and I will vote based on the advice of the NSAA legal counsel and what is in the best interests of the NSAA and our member schools. We need a fair and equitable field for all students, and we need to make sure we are in compliance with existing state statutes, which allows for changes to birth certificate gender.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAgKW5YembwdXNKOENjMEdnejQ/view?usp=sharing
