Benjie Wimberly Co-Sponsored (Introduced) this Legislation.
Title: Prohibits Transgender Discrimination in Schools
Signed by Governor Chris Christie
Title: Prohibits Transgender Discrimination in Schools
Title: Prohibits Transgender Discrimination in Schools
Vote to pass a bill that requires the Commissioner of Education to develop and distribute to school districts guidelines to prevent discrimination against transgender students.
Authorizes transgender students to participate in gender-segregated school activities in accordance with the student’s gender identity (Sec. 1).
Requires that transgender students are addressed at school by the name and pronoun preferred by the student that corresponds to the student’s gender identity, regardless of whether a change in their legal name or in official school records has occurred (Sec. 1).
Prohibits school personnel from disclosing information that may reveal a student’s transgender identity except as allowed by law (Sec. 1).
Title: Prohibits Transgender Discrimination in Schools