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Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Floor Request)

Floor Action: Withdrawn

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Chief Patron: Marshall R.
Restriction on Funding for Public Elementary & Secondary Schools (language only)

Item 4-5.04 #3h

Item 4-5.04 #3h

Special Conditions and Restrictions on Expenditures
Goods and Services

Language

Page 561, after line 23, insert:

"m. PRIVATE AREA LIMITATIONS IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS:

1. No funds in this act shall be used to provide locker rooms, shower rooms, changing rooms, bathrooms, or private areas in a public elementary or secondary school for the simultaneous use of both sexes.

2.  An individual may enter a locker room, shower room, changing room, bathroom, or private area in a public elementary or secondary school for designated members of the opposite sex (i) for the purpose of performing maintenance or custodial services if the locker room, shower room, changing room, bathroom, or private area is not occupied by a member of the opposite sex; (ii) to render medical assistance to an individual located in the locker room, shower room, changing room, bathroom, or private area; (iii) during a natural disaster or emergency or when necessary to prevent a serious threat to safety; or (iv) to provide assistance to a minor or person with a disability in accordance with a policy adopted by the government entity.

3. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a government entity from providing an accommodation, including the use of a single-occupancy locker room, shower room, changing room, bathroom, or private area, upon an individual's request, provided that such accommodation shall not include access to a bathroom, locker room, shower room, changing room, or private area that is designated for use by members of the opposite sex while members of the opposite sex are present."



Explanation

(This amendment is self-explanatory.)