HB 988

Abstract

Treatment of transgender students; model policies.Eliminates the requirement that each school board adopt policiesthat are consistent with the model policies developed by the Departmentof Education concerning the treatment of transgender students in publicelementary and secondary schools. The bill also removes the requirement for such model policies to include information, guidance, procedures,and standards relating to the use of school facilities, requiresthe Department to amend its model policies to remove any such information,guidance, procedures, or standards, and requires the Department tomake such amended model policies available to each school board nolater than the beginning of the 2022 - 2023 school year.