Florida high school fined more than $16K for allowing transgender athlete to play girls' volleyball [View all]
Source: Politico
Florida high school fined more than $16K for allowing transgender athlete to play girls volleyball
The punishments come after Monarch High School in Coconut Creek was rocked by an athletics investigation.
By ANDREW ATTERBURY
12/12/2023 02:46 PM EST
Updated: 12/12/2023 04:38 PM EST
TALLAHASSEE, Florida Florida officials leveled sanctions including a fine on a Broward County high school Tuesday for allowing a transgender female student who was born as a biological male to play on the girls volleyball team.
Carried out by the Florida High School Athletic Association, the move is a substantial one for the state, marking what appears the be the first time a school has been penalized over the 2021 Fairness in Womens Sports Act touted by Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans transgender women and girls from competing in womens and girls sports.
The punishments come after Monarch High School in Coconut Creek was rocked by an athletics investigation over a transgender athlete that spurred student protests in solidarity and led to reassignments for local campus leaders, including the principal.
Thanks to (DeSantis), Florida passed legislation to protect girls sports and we will not tolerate any school that violates this law, Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. wrote in a statement on social media. We applaud the swift action taken by the FHSAA to ensure there are serious consequences for this illegal behavior.
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