But while the letter does not have the force of law, it does carry the implicit threat that schools that fail to comply could face lawsuits or loss of federal aid.
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Cecil County Public Schools is not yet taking a stance on the U.S. Department of Education’s recent directive telling public schools that transgender students should be allowed to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.
Heyer concluded that because laws like North Carolina’s doesn’t discriminate against the legitimate LGBT community, his directive issued on Friday to the schools was nothing more than a raw display of political power.
Students and parents at Jefferson High School, however, were divided on the issue.
The federal government may be easing out of mandated testing requirements for local schools, but it is apparently getting into the bathroom business – and any other area where sex segregation is in place. Obama is on a two day official visit to Argentina. In fact, there was no discussion about it at Tuesday’s school board meeting.
Parent Cheyne Spencer anxious that predators could take inappropriate pictures of students with their phones.
“I feel like they were more using it to their benefit … kind of just being perverts”, Milligan told KTVL-TV, “rather than actually using it because they were uncomfortable with going into the bathroom of birth”.
“It has gone so well in the district”, Taylor said. “I don’t really have any comments right now”. If a student didn’t follow those agreed-upon plans, that could be an issue, Huddle said. A law allowing students to use bathrooms or join teams corresponding to their gender identities has been on the books since 2013. Superintendent Rocky Killion said the district’s schools have had private options for decades. Baldwin added. The Human Rights Campaign also cheered on the directive from the Education Department, calling the move groundbreaking.
Tippecanoe School Corp. spokeswoman Sue Scott said she wasn’t aware how each of the district’s schools approach transgender students using facilities of their choice, but said they handle the cases based on each individual student’s needs.
“It is important to accommodate the special needs of all of our students”, she said.
“That’s really the core of the issue-that they see a trans male as different from other males, and that they see trans women as different from other women”.
His letter stated the information from the White House is merely “guidance” to clarify what laws are already on the books.
Rick Puckett, president of Pride Lafayette, said transgender people are commonly at risk of being harassed.
Middle school students in Medford, Oregon skipped class Monday to protest against gender-neutral bathrooms at their school.
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At the same time, the guidance makes clear that schools can provide additional privacy options to any student for any reason.
