The Philadelphia School District has indicated that it will ignore a rule directing schools to ban transgender athletes from participating in sports that match their gender identities. The move comes after the state’s interscholastic athletics governing body changed a key policy regarding transgender athletes.

The PIAA voted to remove a policy that had deferred to school principals to determine an athlete’s “gender” when “questioned or uncertain,” and instead approved one that officials said was

The decision goes against President Donald Trump's executive order and the state governing body's recent policy update.

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) has revised its policy on transgender athletes by introducing stricter guidelines that changed the

Transgender athletes competing in girls' sports have become a hotly debated issue across the United States. In a recent development, the School District of

The latest executive order from the Trump administration is called "keeping men out of women’s sports." The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, or PIAA, followed suit at a board meeting Wednesday, making an amendment to its policy regarding mixed-gender participation.

Under the amended policy, approved by the Board on Wednesday, the PIAA cites the athlete's sex instead of their gender. It's unclear how many PA athletes it affects.