State by State · Law protects girls’ sports in K-12, not colleges
Alaska's Board of Education and its high school sports association limit girls' high school teams to females, since 2023. It's a regulation rather than a law, and efforts to write it into state law stalled in the Senate.
The law in Alaska
Law in force (State Board of Education regulation, not a statute) · K-12 only, not colleges
Past attempts
HB 183 (2024) would have put the rule in statute and extended it to younger grades and college; it passed the House 22-18 in May 2024 but the Senate would not take it up (Alaska Public Media; ADN).
The law in detail, with sources
The law
State Board of Education amendment to 4 AAC 06.115(b)(5), voted unanimously Aug. 31, 2023 (ADN; board decisional document; adopted text). The Alaska School Activities Association (ASAA) board adopted a matching rule 5-3 on Oct. 9, 2023 (ADN).
Who it covers
High school interscholastic sports run through ASAA (ADN). No college coverage.
Notes
Proposed text tied female-team eligibility to “biological sex … as designated at the participant’s birth” (board document). ASAA said schools should verify sex at birth the way they verify age (ADN). Critics argued the board exceeded its authority (Alaska Beacon). No lawsuit found. Because it is a regulation, a future board could change it.