Florida charges a high school for allowing transgender students to participate in female ‘ volleyball.

More infractions could result in harsher penalties, so the Florida High School Athletic Association fined Monarch High$ 16,500, mandated that the main and athletic director attend guidelines seminars, and put the suburban Fort Lauderdale class on parole for 11 months. The organization also forbade the woman from taking part in boys ‘ activities for a period of 11 months.

Transgender girls and women are prohibited from competing on common school groups designed for student athletes identified as girls at birth under the 2021 laws, which proponents dubbed” The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act.”

The pupil, a 10th student who had participated in 33 games over the previous two seasons, was dismissed from the group last month after the Broward County School District received word of her participation from an unidentified tipster. Thousands of Monarch students protested her treatment two weeks ago by leaving the classroom.

To defend her protection, The Associated Press is not naming the pupil.

Florida passed legislation to protect girls ‘ sports as a result of Governor Ron DeSantis ‘ leadership, and any school that breaks this law will not be tolerated, according to Education Commissioner Manny Diaz. ” We applaud the Florida High School Athletic Association’s quick action to ensure that this unlawful conduct has serious repercussions.”

DeSantis ‘ office declined to comment. On Tuesday, the government was in Iowa running for the Republican nomination for president. His passing of the laws and other similar legislation has become a campaign pillar.

Next year, Monarch information specialist Jessica Norton, the woman’s family, made herself known. Tuesday, she re-released a statement describing her daughter’s excursion as “direct attempts to harm” the young woman.

In a statement, The Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ rights group that has been assisting the home, stated that Tuesday’s decision “does not alter the fact that the law prohibiting trans women from participating in sports with their peers is unconstitutionally rooted in anti-trangland bias, and the Associations claim to guarantee equal chances for student athletes jewelry hollow.”

The group’s dispute planner, Jason Starr, stated that” the careless disregard for the welfare of our customer, her home, and all transgender individuals across the State, will not be ignored.”

The girl has identified as feminine since before primary school and has been using a girl’s name since following class, according to court documents submitted in the federal lawsuit she filed in 2021 to challenge the rules on her behalf.

She started taking hormone at the age of 13 and hormone blockers at years 11 to start puberty as a girl. Her baby certificate also lists a sex change for her. The petition was dismissed by a judge last month, but the family has until next month to update it so that it can be reevaluated.

In a brief speech, Broward County Public Schools acknowledged receiving the association’s decision and stated that its own investigation is still ongoing. There are 10 times for the region to appeal.

Additionally, the organization mandated that Monarch Principal James Cecil and Athletic Director Dione Hester attend rules conformity seminars over the course of the following two summers and that the school host an on-campus seminar for other staff members prior to July.

Recently, the school district suspended the tennis coach pending the results of its research and partially reassigned Cecil, Hester, Norton, and the associate athletic director.

Norton thanked the kids and others who had voiced their opposition after the party’s reassignments.

According to Norton in next week’s statement,” The outpouring of love and help from our community… has been inspiring, noble, and brave.” The light guiding us through this darkness has been so joyful for our home as we have witnessed the weight and display of love in our community.