LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Four parochial schools in the Nebraska School Activities Association have introduced a proposal on how schools should handle the participation of transgender students in sports.

The Lincoln Journal Star reported Thursday that the proposal introduced in four of the association's six districts would change bylaws to require students participate according to the gender listed on their birth certificates. Two of the four districts passed the proposal, which will move through a legislative process driven by members or board action.

The association has been meeting in executive sessions to discuss proposed policy on transgender students.

JD Flynn, a spokesman for the Catholic Diocese in Lincoln, says the proposal isn't an attempt to circumvent any policy the association may draft, but an attempt to introduce a proposal that is fair to all students.