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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-7-180

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Intercollegiate or intramural athletic teams or sports that are designated for “females,” “women,” or “girls” and that are sponsored, sanctioned, or operated by a public institution of higher education or by a private institution of higher education whose students or teams compete against public institutions of higher education shall not be open to students of the male sex.
(2) Subdivision (a)(1) does not restrict the eligibility of a student to participate in an intercollegiate or intramural athletic team or sport designated for “males,” “men,” or “boys” or designated as “coed” or “mixed.”
(b) For purposes of this section, an institution of higher education shall rely upon the sex listed on the student’s original birth certificate, if the birth certificate was issued at or near the time of birth. If a birth certificate provided by a student is not the student’s original birth certificate issued at or near the time of birth or does not indicate the student’s sex, then the student must provide other evidence indicating the student’s sex.
(c) A government entity, a licensing or accrediting organization, or an athletic association or organization shall not:

(1) Accept a complaint, open an investigation, or otherwise take an adverse action against an institution of higher education for maintaining separate intercollegiate or intramural athletic teams or sports for students of the female sex; or
(2) Retaliate or take an adverse action against a student who reports a violation of this section to an employee or representative of the institution of higher education, athletic association, or organization, or to a state or federal agency with oversight of the institution of higher education.
(d) Each institution of higher education shall adopt and enforce a policy to ensure compliance with this section.
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