The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) that transgender student-athletes' eligibility to participate in sports is determined by state law, not President Donald Trump's recent Executive Order banning transgender athletes from women's or girl's sports.

The new policy, which is effective immediately, limits competition in women’s sports exclusively to athletes assigned female at birth.

Minnesota high school sports leaders are once again confronted with the question of whether transgender student-athletes should be eligible to compete in girls sports. Leaders of the nonprofit organization that oversees high school athletics in the state are uncertain how President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from participating in girls and women’s sports will