Arkansas education officials struggle to exempt coaches, athletic personnel from law banning opposite sex from locker rooms

Preston Early, head coach of the Rogers High School girls basketball team, talks with his team during a timeout in the first half of their game against Cabot in the Class 6A state tournament at North Little Rock High School in this Feb. 28, 2024, file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Stephen Swofford)
Preston Early, head coach of the Rogers High School girls basketball team, talks with his team during a timeout in the first half of their game against Cabot in the Class 6A state tournament at North Little Rock High School in this Feb. 28, 2024, file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Stephen Swofford)


State education officials pulled from lawmakers' consideration on Tuesday a proposed version of a rule that would allow athletic personnel of the opposite sex to enter locker rooms to address their teams, while the leader of the House of Representatives expressed concerns that the rule could violate the very law...

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