Florida high school fined more than $16K for allowing transgender athlete to play girls' volleyball

[Eugene]

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 Women’s Sports Act” touted by Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans transgender women and girls from competing in women’s 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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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/12/florida-high-school-transgender-sports-law-00131332

[Walleye]

1. Yes because they care so much about girls' sports

[Chi67]

2. The student...

...had the support of her peers as well. Students walked out in protest. Imagine what that poor trans girl is going through right now. Even though the press did not publish her name, you know damn well that right wingers have found out who she is and are harassing her as we speak. And you can damn well bet none of the harassers will face any consequences. The right wing is EVIL, PERIOD. Vote blue! Everyone's rights and lives depend on it!

[marble falls]

3. I get both sides of the question. Any solution only further marginalizes trans women athletes.

[Chi67]

4. The solution is...

...let the girl play. She's has been on the team for 1.5 years. The students support her. Wasn't an issue til DeSatan, the GQP and Fox News made it an issue.

[marble falls]

5. In the end that's the solution I see. Maybe this might start a process to make sports a little less important.

[RKP5637]

6. Florida, the epicenter for Idiocracy! n/t