Senator CASH proposes the following amendment (4100R052.SP.RJC.DOCX):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1A, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION- EIA, page 340, line 8, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:

/ 1A.__.( SDE-EIA: Same Sex School Athletic Team Participation) (A) A middle school-level or high school-level interscholastic or intramural athletic team or sport that is sponsored by a public school or a private school, if the school's students or teams compete against a public school, must be expressly designated as one of the following based on biological sex:

(1) "males", "men", or "boys";

(2) "females", "women", or "girls"; or

(3) "coed" or "mixed".

(B) An athletic team or sport that is designated for "females", "women", or "girls" must not be open to students of the male sex. An athletic team or sport that is designated for "males", "men", or "boys" must not be open to students of the female sex. A student's original, unamended birth certificate shall be used to determine the student's biological sex.

(C)If a student is born biologically both male and female, then a committee as set forth in the South Carolina High School League policies shall determine if the student may participate on an athletic team or sport that is designated for the sex that is the opposite of the sex listed on the student's original birth certificate.

(D) A school district that allows a school to field a team in violation of this proviso is prohibited from drawing down funds appropriated by this act while the violation continues. /

Amend sections, totals and title to conform.