President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports has once again put California in his crosshairs, with leaders of scholastic sports teams saying they will defy his directive and follow state law.

The NCAA, the governing body for US collegiate sports, has issued a new policy that limits competition in women's sports to only student-athletes assigned female at birth. Announced on Thursday, the National Collegiate Athletic Association said its policy applied to all athletes and was effective immediately.

The move comes day after Trump signed an order intended to ban people assigned male at birth from participating in women’s sports.

In a statement to the Richmond Times-Dispatch the VHSL said it will keep its current policy, as it is in compliance with Virginia law.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into two of the state's school districts after their employees appeared to advise an undercover reporter on how they could circumvent the state's ban on transgender students taking part in girls' sport.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked for documentation about two North Texas school districts’ policies related to transgender student athletes. The demand for information comes after a group called Accuracy in Media used hidden cameras to record Irving and Dallas ISD administrators talking about how the districts would treat transgender students.

The Texas attorney general’s office requested documents Tuesday from Dallas ISD and Irving ISD after employees of each were recorded by an activist group.

The Texas Attorney General’s office is demanding documentation from two school districts over concerns that they are allowing male students to play on female sports teams in violation of state law H.B.

Paxton’s letters to both districts are based on secretly recorded videos suggesting Dallas and Irving ISD officials may have violated a 2022 Texas law requiring public school students compete in athletic competitions based on their biological sex only.