Let Higher Ed Dive's free newsletter keep you informed, straight from your inbox. <br><br>Lawmakers reintroduced a proposal that would prevent transgender women from competing on college sports teams aligning with their gender identity.<br><span><span><span><span><span>Steube has been attempting to pass the anti-transgender proposal for several years. In 2023, House lawmakers </span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://steube.house.gov/press-releases/us-house-passes-steube-legislation-to-save-women-s-sports/"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>passed the bill</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span>, 219-20</span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>3, but Senate lawmakers never voted on companion legislation in their chamber. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br><span><span><span><span><span><span>GOP lawmakers may have an easier time passing the proposal now that they have control of the presidency, the Senate and the House. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>“Republicans have promised to protect women’s sports, and under President Trump’s leadership, we will fulfill this promise,” Steube said in a Friday statement. </span></span></span></span></span><br><span><span><span><span><span>The bill’s text says it doesn’t prohibit institutions from “permitting males to train or practice” with women’s teams so long as “no female is deprived of a roster spot” or other athletic benefits. </span></span></span></span></span><br><span><span><span><span><span>President-elect Donald Trump has </span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/heres-how-donald-trump-might-ban-trans-athletes-from-competing-in-sports"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>expressed support</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span> for such a measure, vowing during campaign rallies that his administration would keep “men out of women’s sports,” PBS reported</span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span> He has also promised to undo the Biden administration’s widely contested Title IX rule, which </span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.highereddive.com/news/education-department-final-title-ix-rule-2024-2022-lgbtq-protections/713684/"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>provides protections for LGBTQI+ students</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span> but has been blocked in at least 26 states. </span></span></span></span></span><br><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Biden administration had also proposed a separate Title IX rule on athletics that would have prohibited blanket bans on transgender athletes participating on teams aligning with their gender identities. However, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>the administration </span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.highereddive.com/news/title-ix-athletics-proposed-rule-transgender-LGBTQ-sports/736224/"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>withdrew the proposal</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span> in late December, citing numerous legal challenges over athletic eligibility under Title IX</span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br><span><span><span><span><span><span>Opponents of Steube’s bill have argued that it would create barriers for transgender students, who already </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/su/su7304a6.htm#:~:text=This%20study%20found%20that%20transgender,compared%20with%20their%20cisgender%20peers."><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>face heightened risk</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span> of experiencing violence and mental health issues. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br><span><span><span><span><span><span>In 2023, when House Republicans passed the measure, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>California Democrat Mark Takano</span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>said the bill would make “school sports less fair by singling out and banning transgender women and girls as young as kindergarten from participating on school sports teams with their friends,” </span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-poised-pass-transgender-sports-ban-schools-rcna80102"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>NBC News reported</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span>. </span></span></span></span></span><br><span><span><span><span><span><span>“We know transgender students already face widespread bullying and discrimination,” Takano said at the time. “Adding to their pain by targeting their participation in school sports is both wrong and dangerous.”</span></span></span></span></span></span><br><span><span><span><span><span><span>The issue has roiled some college campuses. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br><span><span><span><span><span><span>Last year, players and coaches at a handful of colleges sued the Mountain West Conference and San José State University, alleging that they were violating Title IX by allowing a transgender woman to play on the institution’s women’s volleyball team. 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