[Yogafist]

Well I’m not a lawyer, but when you go back up and read section 2, all the school has to do is obtain a statement from the athlete verifying their sex at birth. And then it even says if they doubt they “may” remove the athlete from participation. It sounds like the section you quoted would put the burden on the person claiming they suffered damage, and seems focus on preventing schools from ignoring the law.

[lepton]

Well I’m not a lawyer, but when you go back up and read section 2, all the school has to do is obtain a statement from the athlete verifying their sex at birth. And then it even says if they doubt they “may” remove the athlete from participation. It sounds like the section you quoted would put the burden on the person claiming they suffered damage, and seems focus on preventing schools from ignoring the law.

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It does put the burden on the claimant, yes. But it makes the schools potentially responsible even where they had no knowledge. It doesn’t limit the liability for damages to either a complicit school or athletic department, or to the fraudulent actor. That loose language needs to be fixed.