FILE - Students from Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, Fla., walk out of the school building Nov. 28, 2023, in support of a transgender student who plays on the girls volleyball team. A new federal regulation protecting the rights of transgender students has prompted lawsuits from GOP states that say it would require them to allow transgender athletes to compete on school teams. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File)
FILE - Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin speaks as Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, right, Arkansas Solicitor General Nicholas Bronni, second from left, and high school athlete Amelia Ford, left, listen at a news conference in Little Rock, Ark., May 7, 2024, about a lawsuit challenging a new regulation aimed at protecting the rights of transgender students in schools. A new federal regulation protecting the rights of transgender students has prompted lawsuits from GOP states that say it would require them to allow transgender athletes to compete on school teams. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo, File)