102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB4213

 

Introduced 11/14/2022, by Sen. Darren Bailey

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/27-1  from Ch. 122, par. 27-1
110 ILCS 205/9.41 new
110 ILCS 805/3-29.20 new

    Amends the School Code. Provides that, for interscholastic athletic programs or comparable programs supported from school district funds, a student's sex shall be the student's biological gender assigned at birth. Provides that, in determining a student's biological gender, a statement of a student's biological sex on the student's official birth certificate is considered to have correctly stated the student's biological sex at birth if the statement was filed at or near the time of the student's birth. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that interscholastic athletic teams or sports that are operated by a public university must be expressly designated based on the biological sex at birth of team members. Provides that a statement of a student's biological sex on the student's official birth certificate is considered to have correctly stated the student's biological sex at birth if the statement was filed at or near the time of the student's birth. Provides that an athletic team or sport designated for females, women, or girls may not be open to students of the male sex. Provides that an athletic team or sport designated for males, men, or boys may be open to students of the female sex. Amends the Public Community College Act. Makes similar changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
527-1 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/27-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-1)
7    Sec. 27-1. Areas of education taught - discrimination on
8account of sex. The State of Illinois, having the
9responsibility of defining requirements for elementary and
10secondary education, establishes that the primary purpose of
11schooling is the transmission of knowledge and culture through
12which children learn in areas necessary to their continuing
13development and entry into the world of work. Such areas
14include the language arts, mathematics, the biological,
15physical and social sciences, the fine arts and physical
16development and health.
17    Each school district shall give priority in the allocation
18of resources, including funds, time allocation, personnel, and
19facilities, to fulfilling the primary purpose of schooling.
20    The State Board of Education shall establish goals and
21learning standards consistent with the above purposes and
22define the knowledge and skills which the State expects
23students to master and apply as a consequence of their

 

 

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1education.
2    Each school district shall establish learning objectives
3consistent with the State Board of Education's goals and
4learning standards for the areas referred to in this Section,
5shall develop appropriate testing and assessment systems for
6determining the degree to which students are achieving the
7objectives, and shall develop reporting systems to apprise the
8community and State of the assessment results.
9    Each school district shall make available to all students
10academic and vocational courses for the attainment of learning
11objectives.
12    No student shall be refused admission into or be excluded
13from any course of instruction offered in the common schools
14by reason of that person's sex. No student shall, solely by
15reason of that person's sex, be denied equal access to
16physical education and interscholastic athletic programs or
17comparable programs supported from school district funds. For
18the purposes of this Section, a statement of a student's
19biological sex on the student's official birth certificate is
20considered to have correctly stated the student's biological
21sex at birth if the statement was filed at or near the time of
22the student's birth. For interscholastic athletic programs or
23comparable programs supported from school district funds, a
24student's sex shall be the student's biological gender
25assigned at birth. This Section is violated when a high school
26subject to this Act participates in the post-season basketball

 

 

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1tournament of any organization or association that does not
2conduct post-season high school basketball tournaments for
3both boys and girls, which tournaments are identically
4structured. Conducting identically structured tournaments
5includes having the same number of girls' teams as boys' teams
6playing, in their respective tournaments, at any common
7location chosen for the final series of games in a tournament;
8provided, that nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to
9prohibit the selection for the final series of games in the
10girls' tournaments of a common location that is different than
11the common location selected for the final series of games in
12the boys' tournaments. Except as specifically stated in this
13Section, equal access to programs supported by school district
14funds and comparable programs will be defined in rules
15promulgated by the State Board of Education in consultation
16with the Illinois High School Association.
17(Source: P.A. 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
18    Section 10. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
19by adding Section 9.41 as follows:
 
20    (110 ILCS 205/9.41 new)
21    Sec. 9.41. Designation of athletic teams or sports.
22    (a) For purposes of this Section, a statement of a
23student's biological sex on the student's official birth
24certificate is considered to have correctly stated the

 

 

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1student's biological sex at birth if the statement was filed
2at or near the time of the student's birth.
3    (b) Intercollegiate athletic teams or sports that are
4sponsored by a public university must be expressly designated
5as one of the following based on the biological sex at birth of
6team members:
7        (1) males, men, or boys;
8        (2) females, women, or girls; or
9        (3) coed or mixed, including both males and females.
10    (c) An athletic team or sport designated for females,
11women, or girls may not be open to students of the male sex.
12    (d) An athletic team or sport designated for males, men,
13or boys may be open to students of the female sex.
 
14    Section 15. The Public Community College Act is amended by
15adding Section 3-29.20 as follows:
 
16    (110 ILCS 805/3-29.20 new)
17    Sec. 3-29.20. Designation of athletic teams or sports.
18    (a) For purposes of this Section, a statement of a
19student's biological sex on the student's official birth
20certificate is considered to have correctly stated the
21student's biological sex at birth if the statement was filed
22at or near the time of the student's birth.
23    (b) Intercollegiate athletic teams or sports that are
24operated by a board must be expressly designated as one of the

 

 

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1following based on the biological sex at birth of team
2members:
3        (1) males, men, or boys;
4        (2) females, women, or girls; or
5        (3) coed or mixed, including both males and females.
6    (c) An athletic team or sport designated for females,
7women, or girls may not be open to students of the male sex.
8    (d) An athletic team or sport designated for males, men,
9or boys may be open to students of the female sex.