LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) is still waiting for “clarification” on the Trump administration’s executive order prohibiting boys in girls sports. However, newly elected State Rep. Jason Woolford (R-Howell) isn’t playing the waiting game, and his first bill introduced in the House fights for girls in K-12 sports.

Separating student athletes by sex.

House Bill 4066 would require K-12 schools in Michigan to separate student athletes by biological sex. In addition, it would amend Michigan’s revised school code to direct school districts to separate female and male youth sports participants into female and male sports divisions.

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The bill keeps males from participating in female sports divisions and keeps the state government from investigating or charging a school for enforcing this separation. It also sets the stage for lawsuits if a student is harmed due to a violation of this policy.

“The executive order that President Trump signed on National Girls and Women in Sports Day last week received an immense outpouring of support from women and girls of all ages, and the MHSAA’s defiance of this commonsense policy only continues to perpetuate the madness of this radical transgender ideology that endangers female athletes,” Woolford said. “From the White House to here in the Statehouse, Republicans are working to protect women and girls from the absurd cultural messaging that has promoted abdication and accommodation on this front.”

MHSAA policy.

Currently, the MHSAA does allow males to compete in female sports with the proper waivers, and two males are competing in female sports divisions for the 2024-25 school year. Officials with the MHSAA said their position stems from their legal standing with Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Act.

“Female athletes should not be subjected to biological males invading their private spaces, destroying the competitive integrity of their sports, and even endangering their physical safety, whether that be through allowing men into their locker rooms or forcing women and girls to contend with much stronger, bigger, and physical athletic opponents,” Woolford said. “I am hopeful that my colleagues in the legislature will join me in working to protect our state’s women and girls.”