SF0062

Requires public school districts to designate multiple occupancy restrooms and changing rooms for exclusive use by male or female students based on sex at birth, with accommodations and exceptions.

• Requires each public school district to designate all multiple occupancy restrooms and changing rooms for exclusive use by either the male sex or female sex. (W.S. 21-3-137(b))
• Requires school districts to provide reasonable accommodations, including single-occupancy restrooms or changing rooms, to any person who does not wish to use a multiple occupancy facility designated according to their sex. (W.S. 21-3-137(c))
• Establishes exceptions allowing entry to opposite-sex facilities for custodial, maintenance, repair, inspection, or emergency medical assistance purposes. (W.S. 21-3-137(d)(i), W.S. 21-3-137(d)(ii))
• Permits coaches to enter opposite-sex locker rooms during school-sponsored athletic activities if all students are fully clothed, the coach is accompanied by at least one additional adult (of the same sex as students if the coach is opposite sex), and no suitable alternative meeting area is available. (W.S. 21-3-137(d)(iii))
• Requires school district boards to adopt disciplinary policies for persons who refuse to comply with restroom and changing room designation requirements. (W.S. 21-3-137(e))
• Prohibits school district boards from adopting policies that contradict the restroom and changing room designation requirements. (W.S. 21-3-137(f))
• Establishes that school districts found in noncompliance with restroom designation requirements shall lose their accreditation status. (W.S. 21-3-137(g), W.S. 21-2-304(b)(ii))
• Grants parents and legal guardians of enrolled students a cause of action against public schools for noncompliance with restroom and changing room designation requirements. (W.S. 21-3-137(h))
• Adds enforcement of restroom designation requirements to the State Board of Education's duties to enforce uniform educational standards. (W.S. 21-2-304(b)(ii))