An interscholastic or intramural athletic team or sport that is sponsored by a public school or a private school for students in grades seven through twelve, which competes against other public or private middle or high schools, shall not permit persons other than those assigned female at birth to join such team or participate in such sport if such athletic team or sport is expressly designated solely for female athletes.

(i) All educational institutions in the state shall be temporarily exempt from any state-imposed requirement pursuant to subdivision four of section two hundred ninety-six of the executive law related to allowing unrestricted use of multi-occupancy bathrooms and locker rooms by transgender students until such time as the relevant facilities are converted, renovated, or newly constructed to provide private, inclusive, and comfortable spaces for all students.

The commissioner shall be prohibited from promulgating any rules or regulations which prevent schools which offer interschool athletic competition from disallowing biologically male students at birth to participate on a team organized for females where a school determines that such biological male student's participation would have an adverse effect on the physical or emotional safety of female participants.

An interscholastic or intramural athletic team or sport that is sponsored by a public school or a private school for students in grades seven through twelve, which competes against other public or private middle or high schools, shall not permit persons other than those assigned female at birth to join such team or participate in such sport if such athletic team or sport is expressly designated solely for female athletes.

(a) All educational institutions in the state shall be temporarily exempt from any state-imposed requirement pursuant to subdivision four of section two hundred ninety-six of the executive law related to allowing unrestricted use of multi-occupancy bathrooms and locker rooms by transgender students until such time as the relevant facilities are converted, renovated, or newly constructed to provide private, inclusive, and comfortable spaces for all students.