AUSTIN, TX (KTRK) -- Texas public schools will be required to use a student's birth certificate to determine an athlete's gender.
Superintendents voted overwhelmingly to approve the change to the UIL rules when it comes to transgender athletes.
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The amendment goes into effect August 1, 2016.
Transgender advocates condemn the new rule, saying it will force those students to amend their birth certificates in order to play.