Section 21-25-102 - Participation in school athletic activities(a) A public school or a private school that competes against a public school shall expressly designate school athletic activities and teams as one (1) of the following based on sex:(i) Designated for students of the male sex;(ii) Designated for students of the female sex; or(b) A student of the male sex shall not compete, and a public school shall not allow a student of the male sex to compete, in an athletic activity or team designated for students of the female sex.(c) A government entity or licensing or accrediting organization shall not entertain a complaint, open an investigation or take any other adverse action against a school described in subsection (a) of this section for maintaining separate school athletic activities and teams for students of the female sex.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to: (i) Restrict the eligibility of any student to participate in any interscholastic athletic activity designated for students of the male sex or designated as coed or mixed; or(ii) Prohibit a school from permitting males to train or practice with an interscholastic athletic activity that is designated for females so long as no female is deprived of a roster spot on a team or sport, opportunity to participate in a practice or competition, scholarship, admission to an educational institution or any other benefit that accompanies participating in the interscholastic athletic activity.(e) A government entity, any licensing or any athletic association shall not retaliate or take any adverse action against: (i) A school for maintaining separate athletic teams or sports for students of the female sex; or(ii) A student if the student or the parent or guardian of a student requests a contested case pursuant to subsection (f) of this section or that reports a violation of this section to an employee or representative of the school or athletic association.(f) Any student or parent or guardian of a student aggrieved by an act of a government entity, school, athletic association or licensing or accrediting organization for failing to enforce the provisions of this act, may seek review in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedures Act. In accordance with W.S. 16-3-112, review of a decision of a government entity, school, athletic association or licensing or accrediting organization under this subsection shall be before the state board of education.
Added by Laws 2023, ch. 191,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.