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Schools must now notify parents of bathroom-access policies, and teachers could be fired for violating laws muzzling talk of gender and race.
Some public speakers characterized it as a way to provide transparency, and others said it is potentially harmful to LGBTQ students.
County school boards and charter schools will have to follow new requirements for notifying parents about policies involving access to bathrooms and locker rooms, under a controversial rule approved unanimously Wednesday by the State Board of Education. Critics pointed to recent guidance from the U.S. Department of Education aimed at preventing discrimination against students based on such things as gender identity.
The Board of Education approved rules that would notify parents if a student is allowed to use a bathroom or locker room different from their sex assigned at birth.
School boards will have to follow new requirements for notifying parents about policies involving access to bathrooms and locker rooms.