Manhattan school board asks NYC to explore transgender sports ban

The Community Education Council District 2 resolution asked city school officials to create a committee to review policies on allowing students to play on the sports team associated with their gender identity. Although the measure passed 8-3, city officials are unlikely to entertain the resolution, as New York City Department of Education Chancellor David Banks labeled the move “despicable.”

According to its proponents, the resolution is meant to start a discussion about the impact of letting boys compete in girls sports and involve parental input. Members of the Manhattan school district also said they do not know how the initial decision to institute the 2019 “The resolution does not explicitly call for a ban on restricting boys from competing in girls sports, but Maron, who previously ran for Congress as a Democrat, has advocated such a position in the past.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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