HB 1005 - Requires Students to Use School Facilities for Gender Assigned at Birth - South Dakota Key Vote

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Title: Requires Students to Use School Facilities for Gender Assigned at Birth

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires students to use school facilities for the gender they were assigned at birth.

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  • Requires school adminstrators designate any multi-occupancy shower room, changing room, or rest room, located in a public school, for use exclusively by members of the same sex (Sec. 2).

  • Authorizes a student to request a school adminstrator for reasonable accommodation if they are unwilling or unable to use the multi-occupancy shower room, changing room, or rest room (Sec. 2).

  • Defines “reasonable accommodation” to include a single-occupancy shower room, changing room, or rest room, but does not include access to a multi-occupancy shower room (Sec. 2).

  • Authorizes a student who was denied reasonable accommodation the chance to appeal the decision to he superintendent of the school district (Sec. 3).

Title: Requires Students to Use School Facilities for Gender Assigned at Birth

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