Idaho will comply with a federal order banning transgender athletes in girls’ sports.

The Idaho High School Activities Association on Wednesday replaced a 10-year-old transgender athletics policy with a one-sentence statement, the Idaho Statesman reported.

The statement reads as follows: “Until codified by law, the IHSAA will follow the federal February 5, 2025, executive order.”

That order — signed by President Donald Trump, in the presence of Gov. Brad Little and other Republican governors — prohibits transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.

The Idaho Legislature passed a transgender athletics law in 2020, but that law has been mired in court appeals.

IHSAA’s old rule would have allowed transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports, but it was never invoked, Michael Lycklama of the Statesman reported.

The threatened loss of federal funding drove IHSAA’s decision.

“We didn’t want to put member schools in a compromising position where they could lose federal funding,” IHSAA Executive Director Chad Williams said, according to the Statesman report. “The loss of federal funding — it’s a substantial amount for our schools.”