Massachusetts HD1931

(a) No public school shall require any student athlete on a single-sex sports team to participate in a match, or any part thereof, against an opposing team that includes one or more athletes of the opposite sex. No penalty, including but not limited to loss of playing time or loss of starting status, shall be imposed by a public school on such a student athlete for refusing to play in such a match.|(b) No coach of a single-sex public school sports team shall be penalized by that school for forfeiting a match against an opposing team because such opposing team includes one or more athletes of the opposite sex.