(a) In connection with an interscholastic athletic activity or event where membership in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is required, a student enrolled in a private school in this state is eligible to participate in such athletic activity or event only in accordance with the student’s sex, as defined in § 49-2-802.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-50-805

  • sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) This section does not prohibit a student whose sex, as defined in § 49-2-802, is female from participating on a team designated for male students if the school does not offer a separate team for female students in that sport.
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