PERKASIE, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — The Pennridge School District in Bucks County on Monday voted to retire its controversial Policy 720, which required students to use bathrooms that correspond to the sex indicated on their birth certificate.
The board had approved the policy just a year ago, but it would violate a revised Title IX regulation that blocks blanket policies preventing transgender students from using the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity.
The school board voted 5-4 to reverse the policy.
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“If this policy is removed in August, it will open the flood gates to many lawsuits by many district families,” Rice said.
Pennridge High School graduate Matthew Carbonaro spoke out before the vote.
“This will be the tip of the iceberg. What’s left — gender-neutral sports?”
The meeting was heated at times. Board members had to remind the crowd to stop interrupting when some attendees started heckling people who spoke in support of changing the policy.
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“We would just prefer to use the bathroom in peace.”
Under the new policy, there will be single-occupancy bathrooms that can be used by all students.
Starting in August, the school district will provide separate bathrooms for students and faculty use depending on gender identity. They will be labeled for faculty only, for biological males, for biological females, for students who identify as male, and for students who identify as female.
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