Overview
- State officials say California law requires schools to allow athletes to play based on gender identity, which conflicts with Nevada’s birth-sex requirement adopted in April.
- TTUSD says it received a mandatory order to move to CIF beginning in the 2026–27 school year and warns that noncompliance could bring severe financial penalties and legal action.
- Local parents, coaches and students object to the change, citing hazardous winter travel over Donner Pass and season timing shifts that would increase night trips in snow conditions.
- In an October letter to the state, the district said it was not aware of any transgender students seeking to compete in its 2025–26 athletic programs.
- The dispute is part of a larger national fight, with President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting transgender participation in girls’ sports and the U.S. Justice Department suing California’s education department.