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The bill clarifies and enforces sex‑assigned-at‑birth access to locker rooms—giving cisgender students and administrators clearer privacy and rules—at the cost of excluding transgender students from facilities matching their gender identity, with attendant harms to their wellbeing and increased dispute risk for schools.
Students assigned to a sex at birth (cisgender students) will have exclusive access to same-sex locker rooms when rooms are in active use by the opposite sex, increasing their privacy during locker-room activities.
School administrators and staff get a clear statutory standard for locker-room access, reducing ambiguity in policy enforcement and helping schools know what rules to apply.
Transgender students will be barred from using locker rooms that align with their gender identity, reducing their privacy and increasing stigma, exclusion, and the risk of discriminatory treatment.
Denying transgender students access to facilities matching their gender identity can harm their mental health and school participation, potentially increasing absenteeism, withdrawal from activities, and need for mental-health supports.
Schools and districts may face increased administrative burdens and higher risk of litigation or complaints from students or families over denials or disputes about compliance with the amended Title IX standard.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Makes it illegal under Title IX for a person of one sex, defined solely by reproductive biology and genetics at birth, to use a locker room while that locker room is in active use by people of a different sex in any education program or activity. The rule takes effect 30 days after enactment.
Introduced March 27, 2025 by Mary E. Miller · Last progress March 27, 2025