Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that requires that public school restrooms be separated by sex.

Highlights:

• Requires that “a public school student attending [an] overnight trip is required to share sleeping quarters with a member of the same sex” (Page 1).

• Requires public school districts and open-enrollment public charter schools to designate multiple occupancy restrooms as exclusively male-use or exclusively female-use, based on students’ original birth certificates (Page 2).

• Requires that such schools “Provide a reasonable accommodation to an individual who is unwilling or unable to use a multiple occupancy restroom or changing area designated for the individual's sex” (Page 2).

• Requires that allegations of noncompliance be directed to Professional Licensure Standards Board; establishes minimum fine of $1,000 (Page 3).

• Authorizes lawsuits by parents/guardians (Page 4).

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