While a bill that would limit transgender people from using the bathroom of their choice at public schools awaits the governor’s signature, a number of school districts across the state hope such a law will guide them as they write into policy practices they have been following for years.The Arkansas Democrat Gazette states many of those districts are also waiting to see if updates to federal law expected in May will clash with this bill, leaving administrators to decide whether to comply with state or federal law. Such a clash would put funding from both levels at risk.
House Bill 1156 by Rep. Mary Bentley, R-Perryville, would require public schools and open-enrollment public charter schools to prohibit people from using a multiple-occupancy restroom that does not correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate.
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