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CHARLESTON The state Board of Education, the state Secondary Schools Athletic Commission and the Harrison County school board all have asked to have a case regarding the state’s impending anti-transgender athlete law dismissed.
All three of the groups say they shouldn’t be included in the lawsuit because the law, which is set to take effect July 8, isn’t one they asked for and isn’t one they’ll be responsible for enforcing, according to court documents.
The groups filed motions last week in federal court in the case brought by 11-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson and her mother Heather Jackson. They say the law would prevent Pepper-Jackson from trying out for her middle school cross country team for the 2021-22 school year. They seek an injunction to keep the law from going into effect.
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