interscholastic
adjective
in·ter·scho·las·tic
ˌin-tər-skə-ˈla-stik 
: existing or carried on between schools
interscholastic athletics
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House of Representative's Actions The GOP-majority House passed a bill barring transgender student-athletes from female interscholastic and intercollegiate female sports in January.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Last May, the MSHSL representative assembly voted to approve boys volleyball as a sanctioned, interscholastic sport with 39 members voting yes.
—Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2024
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has a policy in place for locker rooms, physical education classes, and intramural and interscholastic athletic activities requiring that students be allowed to participate in a manner consistent with their gender identity.
—Condé Nast, SELF, 24 Aug. 2023
The draft — published last month by the Florida High School Athletic Association, a group that oversees interscholastic athletic programs across the state — proposes making currently optional questions regarding a student’s menstrual cycle mandatory, as reported by the Palm Beach Post.
—al, 3 Feb. 2023
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Last May, the MSHSL representative assembly voted to approve boys volleyball as a sanctioned, interscholastic sport with 39 members voting yes.
—Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2024
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has a policy in place for locker rooms, physical education classes, and intramural and interscholastic athletic activities requiring that students be allowed to participate in a manner consistent with their gender identity.
—Condé Nast, SELF, 24 Aug. 2023
The draft — published last month by the Florida High School Athletic Association, a group that oversees interscholastic athletic programs across the state — proposes making currently optional questions regarding a student’s menstrual cycle mandatory, as reported by the Palm Beach Post.
—al, 3 Feb. 2023
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interscholastic
adjective
in·ter·scho·las·tic
ˌint-ər-skə-ˈlas-tik
: existing or carried on between schools
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