According to information from sources in Olympia and the WIAA, WA state’s athletic and activities governing body is basically leaving it up to schools when it comes to boys in girls sports.
WIAA votes to make two proposals “advisory” only
Last December the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association proposed creating a separate category for transgender athletes, boys, girls, transgender. This was presumably to ‘get around’ the issue of boys playing girls sports.
Last spring, the issue hit home in WA when a boy from East Valley HS in Spokane won the 2024 Class A 400 meter state title, finishing well ahead of the 2nd place girl.
However, this week, the WIAA voted to make 2 proposal advisory only. The first proposal titled ML HS7, would have made participation in girls sports limited to biological girls only. The second, titled ML HS8 would have created the third open category…