Tennessee Senate Advances Bill That Withholds Funding From Schools Allowing Transgender Athletes to Compete

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on April 30, 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Tennessee legislation that would withhold funding from school districts allowing transgender students to participate in sports passed in the Senate Education Committee on March 29.

If passed into law, Senate Bill 1861 (pdf) would require the commissioner of education to withhold a portion of state education funding if the school refuses to determine the gender of a student participating in sports.