Thu May 26, 2022 – 4:41 pm EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (LifeSiteNews) – Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a law Wednesday that will require public schools and public charter schools to limit the use of sex-specific restrooms and locker rooms to individuals who actually match the facilities’ respective sexes.
SB 615 also requires schools to “provide a reasonable accommodation to any individual who does not wish to comply,” in the form of “access to a single-occupancy restroom or changing room.” Noncompliant school districts or charter schools “shall receive a five percent (5%) decrease in state funding for the school district or public charter school for the fiscal year following the year of noncompliance”; and parents in noncompliant schools “shall have a cause of action” against them. The law took effect immediately.
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Conservatives argue that forcing children and teens to share intimate facilities with members of the opposite sex violates their privacy rights, subjects them to needless emotional stress, and gives potential male predators a viable pretext to enter female bathrooms or lockers.
Last fall, public revolt over such policies fueled Republican Glenn Youngkin’s
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