Monarch High School Appeals Fine Over Trans Athlete

By John MacLauchlan, CBS Miami

January 4, 2024

FORT LAUDERDALE - Monarch High School has filed an appeal to reduce a fine levied by the Florida High School Athletic Association for allowing a transgender student to play on the girls' volleyball team, according to the Sun Sentinel.

Last month the FHSAA fined the Coconut Creek school $16,500 and put it on administrative probation until November 2024. The trans student, a 10th grader who played in 33 matches over the last two seasons, was also been banned from representing the school for a year.

The FHSAA said Monarch had violated the state's Fairness in Women's Sports Act which bans any student who was born male from playing on a school's girls' sports team.

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