Girls flag football added, transfer rules changed by vote of WIAA Representative Assembly

State of Washington Loosens Transfer Rules for Student-Athletes

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association this week approved measures to make it easier for high school student-athletes to transfer.

PREP SPORTS: WIAA sanctions girls flag football; does not pass transgender policy

Peninsula Daily News Peninsula Daily News - Your #1 News Source for the Olympic Peninsula, Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and beyond. SEATTLE — For the first time since 1999, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has sanctioned a new sport. Girls flag football is now an officially recognized high school sport in Washington, following a vote by the WIAA’s representative assembly last week. PREP SPORTS: WIAA sanctions girls fl…

New Trans Law Fails in Deep Blue State in Agonizing Fashion

On Monday, Washington state rejected a proposal to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports, agonizingly missing the mark by just one vote. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association needed 60 percent […] The post New Trans Law Fails in Deep Blue State in Agonizing Fashion appeared first on The Western Journal.

WIAA approves girls flag football as sanctioned sport

Teams will begin play in 2025-26 season

Proposal to keep trans athletes out of girls' sports fails in Washington state

Washington state’s governing body for middle and high school athletics has rejected a proposal to limit participation in girls’ sports to students assigned female at birth.

Illinois legislators criticize IHSA response on transgender sports policy

(The Center Square) – House Republican Leader state Rep. Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, called the Illinois High School Association’s response to the GOP's letter over biological males competing against biological females