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4Could Private Prison Cash Become a Liability for Texas Democrats?

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2‘Recipe for Disaster’: New Family Detention Center Could Open in South Texas

3Loon Star: Due Process

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4Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo on Sanctuary Cities, Police Unions and Tommy Guns

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Tag Archives: UIL

New University Interscholastic League rules forcing transgender student athletes to play according to the assigned sex on their birth certificates will go into effect August 1. The University of Texas, which oversees UIL, has said it won't block the rule.

University of Texas Won’t Go to Bat for Trans Student Athletes

New UIL rules forcing trans athletes to play based on birth certificates could violate Title IX.

Wed, Jul 27, 2016 |

New UIL rules force high school trans athletes to play according to birth certificates, potentially violating Title IX. UT, which oversees UIL, won't get involv...Read More

Transgender student athletes in Texas may soon be barred from playing school sports if they don't play on teams according to the gender assigned on their birth certificates.

Docs Show UIL Trans Athlete Rule Built on Shaky Ground

Fri, Mar 11, 2016 |

Texas' new UIL policy, which ties trans students' gender to their birth certificates, is based on nearly ten-year-old case law that may now be outdated....Read More

Transgender student athletes in Texas may soon be barred from playing school sports if they don't play on teams according to the gender assigned on their birth certificates.

Texas Districts Pass UIL Restriction on Trans Athletes

Controversial UIL rule would base trans student athletes' gender on their birth certificates.

Thu, Feb 25, 2016 |

Trans student athletes will have to play according to the gender on their birth certificates, which could set schools up for Title IX discrimination suits....Read More

Rep. Eddie Lucio III (D-Harlingen)

by Beth Cortez-Neavel

House OKs Concussion Insurance Program for Student Athletes

Tue, May 7, 2013 |

The national sport of Texas could get a little safer for kids under a bill passed today in the Texas House, creating a pilot program for student football and so...Read More

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