Montana Code 20-7-1306. Designation of athletic teams
20-7-1306. (Temporary) Designation of athletic teams. (1) Interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic teams or sports that are sponsored by a public elementary or high school, a public institution of higher education, or any school or institution whose students or teams compete against a public school or institution of higher education must be expressly designated as one of the following based on biological sex:
Terms Used In Montana Code 20-7-1306
- Male: means a member of the human species who, under normal development, has XY chromosomes and produces or would produce small, mobile gametes, or sperm, during his life cycle and has a reproductive and endocrine system oriented around the production of those gametes. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- school: means an institution for the teaching of children that is established and maintained under the laws of the state of Montana at public expense. See Montana Code 20-6-501
- Sex: means the organization of the body parts and gametes for reproduction in human beings and other organisms. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(a)males, men, or boys;
(b)females, women, or girls; or
(c)coed or mixed.
(2)Athletic teams or sports designated for females, women, or girls may not be open to students of the male sex.
(3)For the purposes of this section, “female”, “male”, and “sex” are defined in 1-1-201. (Void on occurrence of contingency–sec. 6, Ch. 405, L. 2021.)