HOUSE BILL NO. 5082

A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

"The revised school code,"

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1146a; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 1146a. (1) This section shall be known as the "protecting opportunities for women in sports law".

(2) The board of a school district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public school academy shall ensure that each high school operated by the board or board of directors, as applicable, establishes and maintains a policy that includes both of the following:

(a) If the school has a girls' team in an interscholastic athletic activity offered to pupils enrolled at the school, a requirement that each pupil who competes for a position on that team or who is selected to compete on that team must be female based on biological sex.

(b) If the school has a boys' team in an interscholastic athletic activity offered to pupils enrolled at the school, a requirement that each pupil who competes for a position on that team or who is selected to compete on that team must be male based on biological sex.

(3) This section does not prohibit a school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy from having teams that are comprised of both females and males in any interscholastic athletic activity offered to pupils enrolled at a school operated by the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy.

(4) As used in this section, "biological sex" means the physical condition of being male or female as determined by an individual's chromosomes and anatomy as identified at birth.

Enacting section 1. Section 1289 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1289, is repealed.